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This casual, very lively tasting bar offers more than 100 types of sake along with a small menu of sake-compatible snacks. All sake is served in tiny 45ml glasses, so you can try several different varieties when you visit. There's a small discount when you order a tasting flight of three glasses at a time, which almost everyone here does.
Most sake is priced in the Y200-300 range....
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Kikuya is Tokyo's first stand-up tempura and craft-sake bar, an extremely specific culinary niche that we didn't realize needed filling until we visited. Most standing sake bars provide some sort of nourishment to go with your drinks, whether it's simple rice crackers and dried fish or something more elaborate. Kikuya's food offerings definitely occupy the gourmet end of the scale, with....
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This upscale conveyor-belt sushi shop serves good-quality fish along with craft sake from smaller breweries around Japan. You can choose from at least four or five sake by the glass (starting at around Y700) and several more by the bottle. Of course you may be able to find more extensive sake lists at any number of regular sushi counters, but somehow the combination of premium sake and....
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Fragrant smoke from Toritake's charcoal grill has been wafting out onto Shibuya's back streets since the early 1960s, drawing in generation after generation of yakitori fans. The atmosphere is very old-school izakaya, with compact seating arrangements and Showa-era decor. The non-smoking basement (with tatami seating) is perhaps the one concession to modern times.
Drink options are....
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A charming cafe slightly off the main path in Shimokitazawa, Coffea Exlibris specializes in French press and is one of the best serious-coffee options in the area. The small interior is done up in a rustic-chic style with fresh-cut flowers at every table, and because it's quite popular you may end up sitting at a bench in front rather than at one of the tables.
Coffee drinkers can....
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Whether you're here for a quick dinner or a leisurely evening of drinking and snacking, this reliable seafood izakaya is a refreshingly economical option for an Odaiba outing. The voluminous daily sashimi platter is a good place to start, and individual a la carte sashimi items also come in generous portions. If you're dining solo or if you just want a quick bite, there's a huge variety....
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A chic furniture store-cafe combo in the heart of Daikanyama, Lab.LABAR offers a surprisingly wide variety of both coffees and teas. Coffee connoisseurs can choose from among Aeropress, paper-filter drip coffee and siphon coffee for hot drinks and Chemex for iced coffee - a rather impressive selection.
The relaxed, modern atmosphere, comfortable seating (if you grab a seat in time),....
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Va Bene's casual ground-floor bar is a convivial spot to enjoy some scrumptious meaty snacks along with a glass of wine or two. The assorted appetizer plate (Y980) is a perfect match for a robust Italian red, and our platter featured a rich, almost buttery liver mousse that was one of the highlights of our day. Other wine-friendly starters include spicy tripe stew, horsemeat tartar and....
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Soregashi is a laid-back, very unpretentious local izakaya where you can explore a good range of craft sake along with an interesting food menu. There are a couple dozen sakes to choose from, including a good number of limited-edition seasonal bottles - not the biggest selection in town, but sustainable for a shop of this size. The staff are friendly and knowledgable about their stock,....
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Exotic, ethnic-themed cafes in Japan have their own special charm, and Ethical Cafe is a fine example of the genre. The decor is fashioned after a tropical resort, with rattan sofas, chairs and tables and a cabana-style thatched-roof bar. The food is an entertaining mix of vacation destination-inspired dishes like Keema Curry Nachos and Ethnic Spicy Edamame. The World Beer menu features....
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Located in a relatively respectable corner of Roppongi, Shirube offers a decent sake list and reliable izakaya-style fare at reasonable prices in this often expensive area. The dining area is quite large, with private rooms suitable for parties and a spacious counter that's comfortable for lone diners.
Shirube's famous seared mackerel is one of the big draws here - it's not just tasty....
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If you're a cheese fan it's well worth dropping by this casual wine bar just to try their excellent four-cheese platter. The shop offers around a hundred wines by the bottle and twenty by the glass, including an ever-changing "kimagure" wine selection priced at just Y300 as well as much more deluxe options.
The tables and seats here are rather compact, so this is more of a spot to grab....
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Located inside the Tokyu Foodshow basement food hall, the Carvaan Beer Stop standing bar is run by a Saitama-based craft brewery and Middle Eastern restaurant. One of the brewery's goals is to recreate interesting...
Half a dozen taps here serve brews from Belgium's Haacht Brewery as well as one or two guest beers. There's also a respectable bottled selection with well-known names like Westmalle, Rochefort, Leffe and Kwak - around 40...
There's plenty of outdoor seating in the attractive, greenery-filled courtyard area in front of Beer Brain, and just a bit of standing room inside the tiny bar itself. The shop's five taps dispense beers from their own...
Conveniently located next to the entrance to Roppongi 1-chome subway station, this branch of the long-running Belgian beer chain has ample outdoor seating as well as a spacious dining room. You can choose from around ten...
Taiwanese dim sum, spicy ramen bowls and rice dishes are served with craft beers at this kiosk inside Tokyo Dome City's popular food court. Five taps dispense a rotating selection of freshly brewed beers from Tokyo's Rio...
Located in the lively Food Stadium food court in the southwest corner of Tokyo Dome City, this kiosk-style branch of the popular craft-beer bar chain serves "smash" style burgers along with twenty varieties of domestic and...
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Find fun things to do between meals, from our sister site Where In Tokyo.
Cosmetics company Shiseido's museum has adopted a science-lab theme, with cool-looking laboratory equipment and hands-on exhibits. You can combine scents to blend your own unique fragrance, and compare the textures of...
Tokyo has more than its share of quirky company mini-museums, but this facility devoted to "Package Culture" still stands out. Run by Japanese packaging company Toyo Seikan Group, the museum focuses on the history of the...
Space Un is the first contemporary art gallery in Japan devoted entirely to the work of African artists. In addition to organizing exhibitions in their spacious Aoyama gallery, they also run a residency program, bringing...
If you're a diorama fan, the highly detailed, room-size layout in the basement of this museum is one of the more impressive examples in town. It's got trains, planes, container ships, trucks, and streams of cars, with big...
This specialized museum houses thousands and thousands of dolls. The collection starts off with a huge display of traditional dolls and human figures from more than 100 countries around the world. Japan is represented by...
A surprisingly detailed diorama of a crowded Ikebukuro market square in the early 20th century is one of the highlights at this tiny history museum. There are also scale models of a 19th-century residential neighborhood, a...
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