Tokyo Craft Beer Tours

This Month on Maction Planet – May 2023

Welcome to the first edition of ‘This Month on Maction Planet’! After five years of ‘This Week in Tokyo‘, I’ve shaken up the format of our round-up of what’s happening in the Maction Planet (and Kanpai Planet) universe. Expect it to hit this blog on the last day of each month. On with the May […]

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This Week in Tokyo – 4 April 2023

Welcome to ‘This Week in Tokyo’, a review of the Maction Planet week that was and a look ahead to what’s coming up in the city. Hosted by Mac, our Founder and Lead Guide, you can check out photos from our tours and read insights into our explorations as we get under the skin of the […]

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Mac, Founder and Lead Guide of Maction Planet, at a Tokyo Yakult Swallows baseball game

This Week in Tokyo and Shuzenji – 7 June 2022

This week I spent most of my time in Tokyo, but the weekend took me to Shuzenji, coming back to Tokyo just in time for the start of rainy season! Top of the pops: Baseball season is in full swing, and by some miracle, my beloved Tokyo Yakult Swallows are in first place! Despite this […]

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Chichiby Matsuri Mikoshi with Shirokuma Beer

This Week in Chichibu – 7 December 2021

Once again, two of my worlds – Maction Planet and Kanpai Planet – collided this week as I was invited by the Saitama Prefectural Tourism Board to consult on some drinks-related tourism projects in Chichibu. Chichibu is a city northwest of Tokyo, in Japan. It’s known for the Chichibu Kannon Pilgrimage route, which links 34 temples across […]

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Nakamura Keith Haring Museum

This Week in Yamanashi and Nagano – 19 October 2021

This week, I was honoured to be invited to explore the drinking culture of Yamanashi and Nagano Prefectures as part of my consulting work related to our sister platform, Kanpai Planet. Around that, I got to experience world-class art, some of Japan’s most unique collections, chat with amazing people and much more. Selecting five photos […]

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The Audience by Xavier Veilhan at Nihonbashi in Tokyo

This Week in Tokyo – 31 August 2021

Welcome to ‘This Week in Tokyo’, a review of the Maction Planet week that was and a look ahead to what’s coming up in the city. Hosted by Mac, our Founder and Lead Guide, you can check out photos from our tours and read insights into our explorations as we get under the skin of the […]

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Mac, founder and lead guide of Maction Planet with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame

This Week in Tokyo – 10 August 2021

Welcome to ‘This Week in Tokyo’, a review of the Maction Planet week that was and a look ahead to what’s coming up in the city. Hosted by Mac, our Founder and Lead Guide, you can check out photos from our tours and read insights into our explorations as we get under the skin of the […]

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Godzilla manhole cover Shinjuku Kabukicho Tokyo

This Week in Tokyo – 8 June 2021

Welcome to ‘This Week in Tokyo’, a review of the Maction Planet week that was and a look ahead to what’s coming up in the city. Hosted by Mac, our Founder and Lead Guide, you can check out photos from our tours and read insights into our explorations as we get under the skin of the […]

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Mac, Founder and Lead Guide of Maction Planet, was the special guest on Episode 6 of Kanpai, the Baird Beer podcast hosted by Sam Baranowski! Kanpai!

Maction Planet Founder Mac guests on Baird Beer Podcast ‘Kanpai!’

PRESS RELEASE: Maction Planet is excited to announce that Mac, Founder and Lead Guide of Maction Planet, was the special guest on Episode 6 of Kanpai, the Baird Beer podcast hosted by Sam Baranowski, Digital Media Manager at Baird Beer. “I enjoy speaking with Mac so much that he seemed like an obvious guest for […]

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Vel and Mariana cheersing at Baird Beer Nakameguro on a Maction Planet Tokyo Craft Beer Tour

This Week in Tokyo – 18 February 2020

Welcome to ‘This Week in Tokyo’, a review of the Maction Planet week that was and a look ahead to what’s coming up in the city. Hosted by Mac, our Founder and Lead Guide, you can check out photos from our tours and read insights into our explorations as we get under the skin of the […]

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