330ml bottle pours out golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice light grain some grass hops. Taste is more of the nice light grain a little sweet malts and a touch of grass hops.

Bottle sold as Nikkoji. Aroma is sweet, malty, strange fruitiness. Taste is alright, but a bit unexciting. Sweet again, but not much else there. Bit of malt, but that's about it.

Golden color. Frothy white head. Slightly sour nose with lots of cereal notes. Hop character is pretty weak. The mouth shows some fruitness but lacks the malt backbone and balance I want. Mildly bitter finish. Certainly not bad but hardly something I will seek out again.

Bottle at finca, broughty by C&E from Japan, as Nikkoji Beer. Clear yellow coloured, with a white head. Nose is light malty and grassy. Flavour is grainy, light grassy, bit of hops. Clean pilsener.

Bottle mail ordered direct from the brewery. A darker gold than the Akagi pilsner with a foamy rather than fizzy head that was longer lasting but also left no lacing behind. Much sweeter aroma, sugary grainy aroma with some biscuity or bready qualities plus some light estery aromas. Medium-full bodied with a slick mouthfeel. It is tasty but not all that pils like, fruity, estery, sugary graininess & a lingering sweet finish. A decent tasting beer but other than it’s appearance it isn’t terribly pils like. Seriously the nose is somewhat weizen like. Night & day with the classic pilsner from Akagi Kronenberg. Next up the Kai Pilsner.

Bottle in Narita town while waiting for a flight. Slightly dark gold color with a fine head. Malty aroma with bread and light hops. Quite sweet, malty flavor; bready and rich, with a slight grassy hop. Decent but unremarkable. Ok bitterness at the finish.