Tokyo
東京
Small-batch urban wineries in the heart of Japan's capital.
About Tokyo
- Producers listed
- 4
- Most wineries in
- 江東区・台東区
- Founded 2010 or later
- 100%
- 4 of 4 with a known founding year
Tokyo, Japan's sprawling capital, has become an unexpected hub for urban winemaking over the past decade. Rather than relying on estate vineyards, Tokyo's wineries — clustered in neighborhoods like Nerima, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, and Shibuya — source grapes from producers across Yamanashi, Nagano, Hokkaido, and beyond, then ferment and bottle them in small, often glass-walled urban facilities. The city's first urban winery, Tokyo Winery, opened in Nerima in 2014, and the model has since spread with venues such as Fukagawa Winery Tokyo, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Fujimaru Winery, and Shibuya Winery Tokyo. These wineries emphasize small-lot, hands-on production, transparency (visitors can watch fermentation through glass), and a tight feedback loop between winemaker and drinker, often pairing wine with an on-site restaurant. Tokyo represents a distinctly modern, accessible model of Japanese wine culture — less about terroir in the vineyard and more about craftsmanship, curation, and urban connection.
Best for
Wine curious travelers who want a hands-on winery visit without leaving central Tokyo, and drinkers who enjoy meeting the winemaker in person.
Food Pairings
Tokyo's urban wines are built for the city's own table: Edomae sushi and sashimi, yakitori, tofu and vegetable-forward izakaya dishes, and modern fusion small plates served at the wineries' own restaurants.
Winery Map of Tokyo
Of the Tokyo wineries on Vinami, we show the 4 whose locations we have verified.
Wineries by Municipality
- 江東区2
- Fukagawa Winery TokyoFounded 2016
- Kiyosumi Shirakawa Fujimaru BreweryFounded 2015
- 台東区1
- Bookroad WineryFounded 2017
- 練馬区1
- Tokyo WineryFounded 2014
Addresses and founding years are verified against each winery's official website and public information from local governments and industry bodies. Sources are listed on each producer's page.
Producers
葡蔵人～BookRoad～（ブックロードワイナリー）
Bookroad Winery
Bookroad Winery (葡蔵人～BookRoad～) is an urban winery opened in 2017 in Taito Ward, Tokyo, a five-minute walk from Okachimachi Station. Run by K's Project — a company with roots in Taito Ward restaurant operations — the winery crafts 100% Japanese wine from grapes sourced from contract farms in Yamanashi and Nagano, made almost entirely by hand by winemaker Michiko Sugou in a compact 33-square-meter facility using stainless steel tanks to preserve fresh fruit character. Bookroad has won three stars at the Japan Winery Award for five consecutive years, the only Tokyo winery to do so. Its wines are known for playful, illustrated labels developed together with customers to suggest food pairings, and the winery doubles as a tasting room and restaurant where visitors can sample wine alongside seasonal dishes.
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www.bookroad.tokyo/深川ワイナリー東京
Fukagawa Winery Tokyo
Founded in 2016 in the historic Fukagawa district of Koto City, Fukagawa Winery Tokyo is a pioneering urban micro-winery that brings the full winemaking process into the heart of Tokyo. Rather than owning vineyards, it sources grapes from contract growers in Yamanashi, Yamagata, Nagano, Hokkaido, and Aomori in summer and autumn, and from Southern Hemisphere fruit in winter and spring, producing roughly 30,000 bottles a year. The winery is best known for two experimental projects: cultivating grapes in large planters on a nearby supermarket rooftop, and aging red wine on the seabed of Tokyo Bay in partnership with Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, a technique the winery says softens tannins and refines sparkling wine's bubbles. Most wines are light-bodied (around 11-12% ABV) and roughly 70% unfiltered, crafted by head winemaker Kosuke Ueno to pair naturally with food. The site doubles as a tasting bar and wine bar, with weekend factory tours and a members-only restaurant, Wineman's Table, on the premises.
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fukagawine.tokyo/清澄白河フジマル醸造所
Kiyosumi Shirakawa Fujimaru Brewery
Kiyosumi Shirakawa Fujimaru Brewery is an urban négociant winery in Tokyo's Koto ward, opened in June 2015 by wine merchant Tomofumi Fujimaru as the second location of the Fujimaru Winery group after the original in Osaka's Shimanouchi district. Housed in a converted former whetstone factory, the building pairs a working winery on the ground floor with a restaurant and tasting room above. Rather than farming its own vines in Tokyo, the winery sources grapes from contract growers in Yamagata, Yamanashi, Ibaraki, and Chiba, fermenting with wild yeast and minimal sulfite additions to produce light, food-friendly wines — including the accessible GLOU GLOU series — built around the belief that wine is an everyday agricultural product rather than an industrial one.
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www.papilles.net/東京ワイナリー
Tokyo Winery
Founded in 2014 in Oizumi-gakuen, Nerima Ward, Tokyo, Tokyo Winery was the first licensed fruit-wine winery to open within Tokyo's 23 wards and surrounding city area. It is run by winemaker Miwa Echigoya, a Tamagawa University agriculture graduate and former vegetable wholesaler at Ota Market, who was inspired by Tokyo-grown produce — especially the local Takao grape — to start brewing wine that pairs with Tokyo vegetables. The tiny urban winery ferments grapes sourced from Nerima and Kunitachi in Tokyo as well as Nagano, Yamagata and Hokkaido, specializing in unfiltered, non-heat-treated 'nama' (raw) wine bottled with living yeast. Visitors can watch the brewing process through a glass window and taste wines paired with local Tokyo vegetables in the attached shop.
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www.wine.tokyo.jp/
Frequently Asked Questions
- Are there vineyards in Tokyo?
- Most Tokyo wineries are urban production facilities rather than estate vineyards — they source grapes from regions like Yamanashi, Nagano, and Hokkaido and ferment them within the city, though a small number of experimental urban plots also exist.
- What makes Tokyo's wine scene unique?
- Tokyo's wineries are defined by small-batch, glass-walled urban production that lets visitors watch fermentation up close, combined with grapes sourced from across Japan and a direct, personal relationship between winemaker and drinker.
- When did Tokyo's urban winery movement begin?
- It started in 2014 when Tokyo Winery opened in Nerima ward as the city's first urban winery; since then wineries like Fukagawa Winery Tokyo, Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Fujimaru Winery, and Shibuya Winery Tokyo have followed.
- Which Tokyo wineries are good for a first visit?
- Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Fujimaru Winery and Fukagawa Winery Tokyo, both in Koto ward, and Tokyo Winery in Nerima are approachable starting points, each pairing tastings with an on-site restaurant.
- What food should I order with Tokyo wine?
- Lean into the city's own cuisine — Edomae sushi, yakitori, and tofu-forward izakaya dishes pair naturally with the fresh, food-friendly wines Tokyo's urban wineries tend to produce.