Asahi Beer Hall

The Asahi Beer Hall is one of the buildings of the Asahi Breweries headquarters located on the east bank of the Sumida River in Sumida, Tokyo, Japan.

[1] The shape of the building is that of a beer glass, designed to complement the neighboring golden beer mug-shaped building housing the Asahi Breweries offices.

The 360-tonne golden flame was made by shipbuilders using submarine construction techniques.

[2] The Asahi Flame is sometimes colloquially referred to as "the golden turd" (kin no unko, 金のうんこ) and the Asahi Beer Hall itself as "poo building" (unko-biru, うんこビル).

[3][4] The building is a 3 minute-walk from Asakusa Station, on the opposite side of the Sumida River.