Comments on: My Not so Secret Love Affair with Chuhai

By: Donny Loeber

Donny Loeber — Fri, 28 Feb 2014 05:13:00 +0000

Great post, I too am a chuhai lover! Nearly everyday I spent in Japan I was popping into a Family Mart and grabbing a can or 3. And forget the vending machines, grab a can and continue walking! Thanks for sharing and safe travels.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 17 Jan 2014 03:21:00 +0000

Hi fellow lovers of Chu Hi. I recently spent four months in Japan as part of an exchange program, and this is where my love of Chu Hi began. There was a small alcohol store with a vending machine out the front, and i would regularly make visits to purchase Chu Hi (my favourite flavour is Grapefruit by the way) on the weekends and late at night. Since i have returned i have missed Chu Hi and am currently looking for a way to import it. Sadly the closest thing i have come to in my search for Grapefruit Chu Hi is a grapefruit scented handwash :(

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 15:28:00 +0000

Where are you from in So-Cal? I’m from Ventura and also stationed in Japan.

By: Japanman

Japanman — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 15:24:00 +0000

I have! I’m stationed here in Yokosuka, and all the sailors know chu-hi. Good stuff! If anybody goes to Japan, they need to try the strawberry Chu-Hi. Best one by far!

By: Ryan Rivers

Ryan Rivers — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 16:11:00 +0000

My understanding is you can’t easily buy chuhai in the U.S. because of restrictions on selling mixed drinks that come in a can/bottle. All the flavored drinks that are currently sold in stores are just malt beverages and don’t actually contain spirits. Chuhai actually contains liquor and thus cannot be sold alongside beers and wines. I suppose someone might be able to stock it in the hard liquor section, but with such a small market in the states that would be very unlikely that a business would elect to carry it, unless it was a specialty store.

By: Kdeez

Kdeez — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 04:55:00 +0000

Had the Chu Hi in Japan when we went to Yokosuka to visit our son, who is in the Navy. My Chu Hi of choice is the strong grapefruit 16 oz. Wow, a couple or three of those will get you just right. Wsh I could get a few of those in Southern California.