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Shinkawaya - Liquor shop: Gaienmae
Open 9am-9pm. Closed Sundays.
This friendly neighborhood liquor shop offers a well-chosen selection of sake and shochu, including some unusual seasonal and limited-edition sakes.
Open 9am-9pm. Closed Sundays.
Kimijimaya - Liquor shop: Ebisu
Open 10am-9:30pm daily.
Around a dozen different sake varieties are ready for tasting at this casual standing bar, along with a dozen wines, several types of shochu, and Japanese liqueurs like yuzushu. The standing-bar...
Open 10am-9:30pm daily.
šAsano Nihonshuten - Liquor shop: Hamamatsucho
Open noon-10pm daily.
A combo sake retailer and standing bar, Asano is a great place to try before you buy, with more than 130 different sakes in stock. Or you can just drop in for a quick tasting flight and perhaps...
Open noon-10pm daily.
Yomo - Liquor shop: Akasaka
Open 10am-1am (Sat 10-9, Sun 12-8) daily.
Going strong since 1624, Yomo offers a very nice selection of sake and shochu on the first floor and an impressive collection of mainly French wines down in the basement.
Open 10am-1am (Sat 10-9, Sun 12-8) daily.
Kimijimaya - Liquor shop: Ginza
Open 10:30am-9pm (Sat -8, Sun -7) daily.
A branch of the huge Kimijimaya liquor store in Yokohama, this Ginza outpost offers a good selection of sake and runs an informal standing bar corner as well. Fourteen types of sake range from...
Open 10:30am-9pm (Sat -8, Sun -7) daily.
Kengyo - Sake bar: Ginza
Open 5-9pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Run by a liquor retail shop, this stand-up bar offers a small selection of sake, inexpensive small plates of food, and jazz on the sound system. The attached liquor store is open from 10am.
Open 5-9pm (LO). Closed Sundays.
Hasegawa Saketen (Palace Hotel) - Liquor shop: Marunouchi
Open 10am-9pm daily.
This relatively quiet branch of the popular Hasegawa sake retail specialist is furnished with a small counter area where you can try out a tasting set of three sake of the month, along with a tiny...
Open 10am-9pm daily.
Hasegawa Saketen - Liquor shop: Yaesu
Open 8am-10pm daily.
Hasegawa offers an excellent selection of craft sake from smaller breweries around the country, including many smaller, 720ml-size bottles. This is their third incarnation inside the gates at Tokyo...
Open 8am-10pm daily.
Liquors Hasegawa North - Liquor shop: Yaesu
Open 10am-9pm (Sat, Sun -8pm) daily.
An amazing selection of hundreds of craft beers - both domestic and imported - can be found in the refrigerators and shelves of this underground liquor shop, along with a decent selection of sake,...
Open 10am-9pm (Sat, Sun -8pm) daily.
Suzuden - Liquor shop: Yotsuya
Open 9am-8:30pm (Sat -5:45pm). Closed Sundays.
A well-stocked sake specialty store; don't miss the refrigerated rooms down in the basement. There's also a stand-up bar in back with around a dozen sake by the glass along with simple, inexpensive...
Open 9am-8:30pm (Sat -5:45pm). Closed Sundays.
Hasegawa Saketen - Liquor shop: Oshiage
Open 10am-9pm daily.
The Skytree branch of one of Tokyo's better sake retailers.
Open 10am-9pm daily.
Echizenya - Liquor shop: Kiyosumi-Shirakawa
Open 10am-8pm. Closed Sundays.
Possibly Tokyo's narrowest sake shop, Echizenya stocks a deep range of sakes from various craft breweries - some highly regarded, some rather obscure. (Their selection of Dassai sake from Yamaguchi...
Open 10am-8pm. Closed Sundays.
Imadeya Sumida - Liquor shop: Kinshicho
Open 11am-10:50pm (LO) daily.
This well-stocked liquor store might be the best part of the 200-seat Sumida Food Hall inside Kinshicho Parco. Unlike the limited drinks selections at most food courts, here you can choose from a...
Open 11am-10:50pm (LO) daily.
Orihara Shoten - Liquor shop: Monzennakacho
Open 10:30am-10pm daily.
This neighborhood liquor shop runs a very popular sake-tasting standing bar where you'll find a decent selection of craft sake and a serviceable menu of sake-friendly light snacks. It's a very...
Open 10:30am-10pm daily.
Machidaya - Liquor shop: Higashi-Nakano
Open 10am-6:30pm. Closed Tuesdays.
This rather serious liquor store carries lots of limited-edition premium sakes from around the country, including a big selection of premium one-cup sake. They also handle shochu and awamori.
Open 10am-6:30pm. Closed Tuesdays.
Deguchiya - Liquor shop: Naka-Meguro
Open 11am-10pm (Wed 2-10pm). Closed Sundays.
Mainly a wine specialist, Deguchiya also stocks good selections of sake and craft beers. There's a small bar area with a few seats and a bit more standing room where you can drink any of the beers...
Open 11am-10pm (Wed 2-10pm). Closed Sundays.

Antenna shops with sake

Miyagi Furusato Plaza - Antenna shop: Ikebukuro
Open 11am-8pm daily.
A wide selection of Miyagi-ken sake - some fifty or sixty varieties - is one of the main attractions of this Miyagi-ken prefectural antenna shop. You'll also find Sendai beef and beef tongue...
Open 11am-8pm daily.
Shimbashi-kan - Antenna shop: Shimbashi
Open 10am-9pm daily.
This dual-purpose prefectural antenna shop showcases the agricultural and other products of both Tottori and Okayama prefectures. You'll find the usual assortment of fresh produce, frozen seafood,...
Open 10am-9pm daily.
šShinshu Osake Mura - Sake bar: Shimbashi
Open 11am-9:30pm (LO). Closed weekends.
People don't come to Shinshu Osake Mura for the atmosphere, or the music (there isn't any). There aren't even any chairs. The reason to visit this hole-in-the-wall, standing-only sake bar, located...
Open 11am-9:30pm (LO). Closed weekends.
Niigata 100 - Antenna shop: Hibiya
Open 11am-9pm (bar 12:30-8:30) daily.
This stylish design shop showcases products from Niigata, including the prefecture's most famous export - sake. They stock around fifty kinds of sake, and they're equipped with a small standing-bar...
Open 11am-9pm (bar 12:30-8:30) daily.
Akita Furusato-Kan - Antenna shop: Yurakucho
Open 10am-7pm daily.
An impressive selection of local Akita Prefecture sake is the main reason to visit this crowded retail shop, one of a dozen antenna shops located in the same building. They also sell ready-made kits...
Open 10am-7pm daily.
Iki Iki Toyama-kan - Antenna shop: Yurakucho
Open 10am-7pm (Sun -6pm) daily.
This small Toyama prefectural antenna shop sells mostly sake, in several dozen varieties. Other items include fish cakes and tulip bulbs.
Open 10am-7pm (Sun -6pm) daily.
Ibaraki Sense - Antenna shop: Ginza
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
With an interior resembling an upscale design shop, Ibaraki Sense is probably the fanciest prefectural antenna shop in Tokyo. The shop stocks fresh produce and specialty food items from Ibaraki,...
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
šMarugoto Kochi - Antenna shop: Ginza
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
Food products from Kochi Prefecture are sold in the first-floor "Tosa Market" retail shop, including plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Unusual items include rice ice cream and yokan candies in...
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
šHiroshima Brand Shop TAU - Antenna shop: Ginza
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
One of the largest single-prefecture antenna shops in Tokyo, this four-story shop sells a big selection of food and drink as well as other local Hiroshima products. There's a regional-cuisine...
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
šHyakumangoku Monogatari - Antenna shop: Ginza
Open 10am-9pm daily.
A huge selection of craft sake from Ishikawa Prefecture is sold in the basement of this three-story shop - well over 100 varieties, including some two dozen sakes in convenient one-cup serving sizes....
Open 10am-9pm daily.
Ginza Nagano - Antenna shop: Ginza
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
If you're looking for sake, wine or specialty foods from Nagano Prefecture, you'll find an impressive selection here at this well-stocked antenna shop. There's a small bar area at the front of the...
Open 10:30am-8pm daily.
Iwate Ginga Plaza - Antenna shop: Higashi-Ginza
Open 10:30am-7pm daily.
This rather expansive prefectural specialty shop sells everything from crabmeat, uni and ikura bento boxes at the front entrance to mochi rice cakes, Iwate beef and dairy products. There's a...
Open 10:30am-7pm daily.
Shiga's Bar - Sake bar: Nihonbashi
Open 10am-11pm daily.
Located inside the antenna shop for Shiga Prefecture, this tiny bar offers a selection of 28 different sake from Shiga, served in 45ml tasting sizes (Y300), with the option of a four-part tasting...
Open 10am-11pm daily.
Toyama Bar - Sake bar: Nihonbashi
Open 11am-8:30pm (LO) daily.
Attached to the Toyama Prefecture antenna shop, this very specialized bar serves seventeen different sake produced in Toyama. Sake is Y700 for a glass, or you can order a three-part tasting flight...
Open 11am-8:30pm (LO) daily.
Toyamakan - Antenna shop: Nihonbashi
Open 10:30am-7:30pm daily.
This stylishly appointed antenna shop sells food and drink from Toyama Prefecture as well as traditional handicrafts and other locally made products. Dried noodles, honey, trout sushi, sea bream...
Open 10:30am-7:30pm daily.
Mie Terrace - Antenna shop: Mitsukoshimae
Open 10am-8pm daily.
More than 1000 kinds of food, drink and local crafts from Mie Prefecture can be found at this well-stocked antenna shop. Local culinary delicacies include Matsusaka beef, ume plums, fresh-caught...
Open 10am-8pm daily.
Midette - Antenna shop: Mitsukoshimae
Open 11am-8pm (Sat, Sun -6pm) daily.
Fukushima Prefecture is justifiably famous for their excellent sake, and you can try several of them in one sitting in the sake-tasting corner of this antenna shop. Three-part tasting flights are...
Open 11am-8pm (Sat, Sun -6pm) daily.
Tochimaru Shop - Antenna shop: Oshiage
Open 10am-9pm daily.
More than seventy kinds of local sake are on sale at this large Tochigi prefectural retail shop, along with ciders (apple, pear and strawberry), eight craft beers (Preston and Utsunomiya), and wines....
Open 10am-9pm daily.
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Updated 2024-02-26