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Nothing like a cold "Super Dry"...
Jan 30, 2020,00:27 AM
Asahi was founded in Osaka in 1889 as the Osaka Beer Company, the headquarters in Tokyo was designed by French designer Philippe Starck. The Beer Hall is considered one of Tokyo's most recognizable modern structures.
OTOH...
Sapporo Breweries Ltd. was founded in 1876 and is the oldest brand of beer in Japan. It was first brewed in Sapporo, Japan, in 1876 by brewer Seibei Nakagawa. The world headquarters of Sapporo Breweries is in Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo.
AND...
Yebisu (ヱビス, Ebisu) is one of Japan's oldest brands, first brewed in Tokyo in 1890 by the Japan Beer Brewery Company. Through a complicated set of mergers and divisions, the brand was acquired and eventually retained by the modern-day Sapporo Brewery.
What a tangled web we weave ; )
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Edit: AND-02...
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. (the brewery) is written as アサヒグループホールディングス株式会社. Where the first three katakana characters "アサヒ" is pronounced as Asahi. Asahikawa City is written as "旭川市" where "旭" is pronounced as Asahi... and Morning Sun is written as "朝日" and pronounced as Asahi...