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Cafés and Bars

Ueno
Park Asakusa
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Takadanobaba Takada PR E S S WAY NO.5 HAKUSAN-DORI BUNKYO-KU ASAKUSA-DORI EXPWY N O.6
KASUGA-DORI
Higashi- MEIJI-DORI Taito
Nakano W ASE D A - DORI Yushima SUMIDA-
Kabukicho SHINJUKU- Fujimi EXPRESSWAY NO.1 TAITO- KU
KU
KU Ichigaya Kanda
OME- KAIDO
Nishi- EDO-DORI Ryogoku
Shinjuku Shinjuku Yotsuya CHUO-DORI
Tokiwa
CHIYODA-
Wakaba
SHINJUKU-DOR I
Yoyogi
EXPRESSWAY NO.4 EXPRESSWAY NO.4 KU Yaesu
Nihonbashi
KU
Nishihara Yoyogi Hibiya CHUO- EXPWY NO.9
Park Jingumae AOYAMA-DORI Akasaka Ginza
KU
Uehara Aoyama SAKURADA-DORI Tsukiji KOTO-
Cemetery Roppongi
SHIBUYA-KU Tsukishima
Shibuya MINATO- HARUMI-DORI
Shoto EXPRESSWAY NO.3 KU EXPWY NO. 1
Azabu 0 km 2
Hiroo
Mita 0 miles 2
Japan’s first brandy distillery. Once
favored by writers and artists, the
bar still serves its signature denki-
bran, a cocktail made with cognac,
gin, and wine.
Golden Gai
3
This quarter, filled with scores
of tiny bars housed in two-story
wooden buildings, has hung on in
Shinjuku since just after World War
New York Bar in the Park Hyatt hotel II. Most bars have a theme and only
some are welcoming to tourists,
New York Bar
1 but it’s still well worth a visit
MAP T3 • 3-7-1-2 Nishi-
(see p107).
Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku • 5323-3458
Popeye
• Open 5pm–midnight Sun–Wed 4
(to 1am Thu–Sat) MAP G3 • 2-18-7 Ryogoku,
You don’t need to be staying at the Sumida-ku • 3633-2120 • Open
Park Hyatt to enjoy its sophisticated 5–11:30pm Mon–Sat • www.
bar, which featured prominently in 40beersontap.com
the movie Lost in Translation. There’s This convivial bar, handily located
a cover charge after 8pm (7pm near the Sumo Stadium, does
Sunday), and live music nightly its best to cater to Tokyo’s
featuring jazz from top artists. unquenchable thirst with some
70 beers on tap, including the city’s
Kamiya Bar
2 best selection of Japanese beers.
MAP R3 • 1-1-1 Asakusa,
Sasagin
Taito-ku • 3841-5400 • Open 5
11:30am–10pm Wed–Mon MAP A5 • 1-32-15 Uehara,
The oldest Western-style bar in town, Shibuya-ku • 5454-3715 • Open
this Tokyo institution was established 5–11:45pm Mon–Sat
in 1880. The bar was set up by This is a great place to sample
Kamiya Denbei, who also built different types of Japanese sake.
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