Tokyo's friendliest drinking club with a running problem

I Run
For Beer

Beer. Running. Good people. In that order, or simultaneously — depends on the event.

Next Event Join the Crew

Beer and
running, together.

We are a social club that happens to run. The point is not the distance — it's the people you meet along the way, and the cold beer you share with them halfway through.

Each event has its own format. Sometimes it's drink a beer, run a lap, repeat. Sometimes it's a beer orienteering race across Tokyo, finding checkpoints with a pint waiting at each one. Always something different. Always fun.

No competitive spirit required. No minimum pace. Just a willingness to move your legs a bit and enjoy a drink with good company afterward — or during.

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Beer mid-run, not just after
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Next Run

May 10th

Beer Lap Challenge

The format is simple: drink a beer, run a lap, drink another beer, run another lap — then settle in for more beers and good company. Equal parts sport and social. You set your own pace. The beer sets the tone.

Date
May 10th, 12:00
Location
Komazawa Park ↗
By the Olympic Tower
Format
🍺 → 🏃 → 🍺 → 🏃 → 🍺
Entry
Free

What to bring

Running gear you don't mind getting slightly ridiculous in — and 6 beers. That's your ticket, your fuel, and your finish line all in one.

I'm coming

Beer Orienteering

Navigate Tokyo with a map, find the checkpoints, collect your beers. Part treasure hunt, part pub crawl, entirely ridiculous — in the best possible way. Details coming soon.

How It Works

01

Show up

No registration fees, no kit requirements. Just come as you are. We meet, we say hello, we get a beer in hand.

02

Drink

Every event starts — and is punctuated — with beer. It's not a reward at the end. It's woven into the whole thing.

03

Run (a little)

We move between beers. Could be laps around a park, could be a navigation challenge across the city. Either way, it's manageable.

04

Socialize

The real point of all of it. Good people, good conversation, and enough shared absurdity to bond over for years.

Past Runs

Where we've been, what we've done, and how many beers were involved. Spoiler: always more than planned.

Komazawa Beer Run group photo

The First Komazawa Beer Run

September 2017 · Komazawa Park · The one that started it all

A group of unsuspecting souls gathered at the Olympic Tower, ran some laps, drank some beers — and got introduced to surströmming. Not everyone was ready. Everyone came back for more.

Beer handoff mid-run

The Beer Handoff

September 2017 · Mid-lap · Peak form

The moment the concept became real. Beer handed off mid-stride. No stopping. No spilling. Full commitment.

Post-run celebration

Victory Lap Energy

September 2017 · Komazawa Park

This is what it looks like when the beer station appears at lap two. Pure, unfiltered joy.

Future Events

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