2 Best Nightlife in Matsumoto, The Japan Alps and the North Chubu Coast

This jazz bar has been popular with locals since the 1970s. Sit at the bar or on the corner sofas and choose from the extensive list of cocktails. Eonta is in a quasi-dilapidated two-story building a few blocks southeast of the castle.

Founded in 2016, the Matsumoto Brewery makes a great selection of pale ales, bitters, and stouts, which you can try, along with guest beers, at this taproom in the sleek Media Garden complex, halfway between the station and Nakamachi. They also have a smaller taproom in an old kura in Nakamachi (closed Tues.), although that closes by 7 pm.