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Rub shoulders with the locals at a Japanese snack bar run by a famous singer’s family
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Oona McGee
Dec 9, 2023 - Tweet
- Japan
- (bars • COK • Ishigaki • Ishigakijima • Kouhey • Okinawa • Rimi Natsukawa • shared accomodation • singers • Snack • snack bar • SNJO • travel)
There’s a Tokyo bar with Japanese whisky inside bookstore inside Japan’s tallest building
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SoraNews24
Nov 29, 2023
- Japan
- (alcohol • Azabudai Hills • bars • cafes • coffee • COK • cool • drinks • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisky • restaurants • SNJO • Suntory • Whiskey • whisky)
Tokyo convenience store has full bar inside with Japanese whiskey, will smoke your combini snacks
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Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2023
- Japan
- (alcohol • awesome • bars • COK • convenience stores • cool • crazy • drinks • Famichiki • Family mart • food • fried chicken • Hakushu • Japanese whiskey • Japanese whisy • Shibuya • SNJO • Suntory • Whiskey • whisky)
Osaka “restaurant” run by owner who doesn’t want to work may or may not let you in
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Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2023
Neo Shinjuku Atsushi: New cyberpunk restaurant bar serves post-apocalyptic food in Tokyo
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Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2023
- Japan
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Looking to have the best night out on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa? Go to this enka pub right now
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Krista Rogers
Jul 15, 2023
The owner is a stylishly eccentric enka singer who sings along with his guests and promises a great night will be had by all.
Ramen and girls bar: Where you can talk to women who aren’t dressed like hosts or maids
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SoraNews24
May 24, 2023
- Japan
- (bars • beer • COK • combini • convenience store • convenience store food • cool • draft beer • drinking • Iidabashi • Japanese convenience stores • JR East • konbini • New Days • pk sanjun • SNJO • Tokyo)
- Japan
- (apples • bars • candy apples • cheap • cheap eats • cheap food • cheapo news • COK • cool • food review • restaurant reviews • restaurants • review • secret • shinjuku • SNJO • toffee apples • Tokyo • unusual • weird)
The new Tokyu Kabukicho Tower is packed with entertainment, food, and drinks–with one caveat
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Dale Roll
Apr 18, 2023
- Japan
- (bars • clubs • entertainment • game centers • Kabukicho • Mr. Sato • restaurants • shinjuku • shopping • Tokyu Kabukicho Tower)
Shinjuku izakaya’s all-you-can-eat-and-drink plan is one of Tokyo’s best secret cheap eats
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Oona McGee
Mar 21, 2023
- Japan
- (all you can drink • all-you-can-eat • bars • cheap • cheap eats • cheap food • cheapo news • COK • food review • izakaya • Kabukicho • restaurant reviews • restaurants • review • sashimi • shinjuku • SNJO • sushi • Tokyo • video game • yakitori)
Giant 1,431-square meter arcade and bar opening in downtown Tokyo from Bandai Namco
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Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2023
Namco Tokyo pours drinks, serves Pacman parfaits, and plays game music into the night in Shinjuku.
- Japan
- (alcohol • Arcades • Bandai • Bandai Namco • bars • crane games • drinks • game centers • Kabukicho • Namco • Namco Tokyo • Pacman • parfaits • shinjuku • sweets • video games)
Why is there a wrestling ring in the Underground Arena fighting bar in Kabukicho?
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Oona McGee
Jan 28, 2023
- Japan
- (bars • COK • fighting • host bars • hostess bars • hosts • izakaya • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • pro wrestling • professional wrestling • restaurants • Sega • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • video game • wrestling • yakuza)
English-speaking-only bar opens in Osaka and Tokyo, yellow cards for those who don’t follow rules
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Oona McGee
Sep 28, 2022
Pair Japanese whisky with convenience store fried chicken at new Konbini Bar in Tokyo
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Oona McGee
Sep 27, 2022
Lawson’s first-ever convenience store bar looks set to be a great place to unwind on the cheap.
- Japan
- (bars • beer • COK • combini • convenience store food • convenience stores • drinks • highball • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese whisky • karaage kun • konbini • Lawson • new openings • Osake no Museum • shinjuku • Tokyo • Whiskey • whisky)
Tokyo has a secret, members-only parfait bar, and here’s what’s waiting inside【Photos】
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Casey Baseel
Feb 7, 2022
Remake Easy is like a speakeasy with sweets, and they don’t tell their address to anybody until they’re part of the inner circle.
How a bar in Kabukicho scammed one diner out of their money, and how it can happen to you too
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Oona McGee
Dec 16, 2021
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