Tokyo: Tall Beer at the Asahi Tower Sky Room

Asahi corporate headquarters is a 22 story office tower located where the Azuma Bridge crosses the Sumida River.  Atop the building is a small beer bar featuring panoramic views across Tokyo weather permitting  of course.   Within reasonable walking distance from Sensoji Temple, we found both the building and the elevator that accesses the top floor handily.  Once you are up there, you’ll find a pretty ordinary hallway lined with a dozen or two stackable chairs which serves as the waiting room for visitors trying to access the limited capacity beer bar.  Our wait was about 10 minutes.   After ordering beers, you find a place to sit and enjoy the views, ideally looking into the direction where the sun is not blinding you.  The interior layout and ambiance is only a little more interesting than the waiting room – think Dunkin Donuts at Walmart.  In any case, you are there for the views, and there it delivers.  It is also entertaining watching the visitors jockey for a better seat or table as people come and go.  All very civilized in any case.  As a bonus, each receipt is printed with “beer thirty” on it, and that pretty much describes the purpose of our visit and it was a most enjoyable one.

Location:  1 Chome-23-1 Azumabashi, Sumida City, Tokyo 130-8602, Japan

Visited on 14 May 2024