Arakicho currently has about 320 bars and eateries, I’m told by the owner of Bar C-Shell, Yu Makiura, who opened his place five years ago and so is considered a newcomer by the area’s older ...

Masumi Murata, right, owner of the Memento Mori “snack” bar in Tokyo’s Koto Ward, makes a toast with customers on Feb. 16. (Takahiro Takizawa) ...

English tours of Tokyo’s ‘snack bars’ are so hot they’re cool By KAZUSHIGE KOBAYASHI/ Staff Writer. November 16, 2023 at 07:00 JST ...

Japanese-style bar White Moon takes up where Tokyo Lamington leaves off, serving sake and snacks such as chicken karaage after 5pm. Supplied. Lamington bar by day, tachinomi (standing) bar by night.

But the May 4 merriment isn't solely about snacking your way through Little Tokyo; a food history tour, miso ball workshop, and spirits-focused events — a Baijiu 101 Workshop honors the ...

It is said that displaying posters of the same size at stations in the greater Tokyo area for a week typically costs between 400,000 and 1 million yen (around $2,800 to $7,000) per location ...