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 ...