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Originally Posted by MMM
Non-lager beers are gaining popularity, and I remember a place called The Beer Company in Umeda next to Dee Dee House that had a real variety of beers, but you are right the vast majority of on-tap beers are lagers.
You can find a variety of cheeses at the larger food shopping areas, usually on the bottom floor of large shopping malls like Hanshin and Hankyu, again in Umeda. You can also find things like bread, bagels, salami, etc that may not be found in local supermarkets, so it can be worth the trip.
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Yeah, it's just a bit different from the UK, is all. Like the tiny local bar I serve in sometimes has 8 beers on tap and 2 ciders, and only 2 are larger. This isn't even counting what's on sale in bottle, either.
My local weekly market (not even the supermarket) alone has over 20 types of cheese, all pretty reasonably priced, and that's not really unusual. The sheer variety and availability here is staggering so it's a bit of a shock to discover a 4oz block of bog-standard blue cheese on sale for 600yen or more.