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There’s a Tokyo bar with Japanese whisky inside bookstore inside Japan’s tallest building
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Nov 29, 2023 - Tweet
Slow Page pours classy coffee too at Azabudai Hills.
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Tokyo convenience store has full bar inside with Japanese whiskey, will smoke your combini snacks
- Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2023
Shibuya Family Mart teams up with Kyoto bar.
- 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
- Casey Baseel
Aug 26, 2023
Nothing is certain at Umeda Yang Rou Chuan.
Neo Shinjuku Atsushi: New cyberpunk restaurant bar serves post-apocalyptic food in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Aug 12, 2023
Like stepping into a futuristic world where everyone lives — and plays — underground.
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Looking to have the best night out on Ishigaki Island in Okinawa? Go to this enka pub right now
- 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.
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- (bars • COK • cool • enka • Ishigaki • karaoke • music • Okinawa • pubs • restaurants • singing • SNJO • travel • Yaeyama)
Bar explodes in Tokyo’s Shinbashi neighborhood【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 5, 2023
”I smell gas” and “I want a smoke” are two thoughts that don’t go well together.
Ramen and girls bar: Where you can talk to women who aren’t dressed like hosts or maids
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May 24, 2023
Filling a niche we never knew existed.
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- (Aichi • bars • COK • crazy • dating • Japanese women • Nagoya • Noodles • omiai • ramen • relationships • restaurants • romance • SNJO • weird)
The Japanese convenience store where you can drink beer on tap
- Oona McGee
May 12, 2023
Special branch in Tokyo is more like a convenience store bar.
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- (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)
Where to find Tokyo’s secret candy apple specialty store
- Oona McGee
May 10, 2023
Toffee apples are the star of the show in this hidden location.
- 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
- Dale Roll
Apr 18, 2023
Just maybe don’t look out the window on the 10th floor.
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- (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
- Oona McGee
Mar 21, 2023
Sushi, sashimi, and yakitori galore, but only for diners who know where to find it!
- 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
- Casey Baseel
Mar 17, 2023
Namco Tokyo pours drinks, serves Pacman parfaits, and plays game music into the night in Shinjuku.
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- (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?
- Oona McGee
Jan 28, 2023
Investigating the underbelly of Tokyo in one of its most notorious districts.
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- (bars • COK • fighting • host bars • hostess bars • hosts • izakaya • Kabukicho • Kamurocho • pro wrestling • professional wrestling • restaurants • Sega • shinjuku • SNJO • Tokyo • video game • wrestling • yakuza)
How to get a date in Japan, according to hosts in Kabukicho
- Oona McGee
Dec 26, 2022
There’s one piece of dating advice that a mama and hosts all agree on.
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- (bars • COK • dating • host bars • host clubs • hosts • Kabukicho • love • mama • romance • shinjuku • SNJO • Takashi Harada • Tokyo)
English-speaking-only bar opens in Osaka and Tokyo, yellow cards for those who don’t follow rules
- Oona McGee
Sep 28, 2022
Bar Sick! is only open to English speakers.
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- (alcohol • bars • beer • COK • drinks • English conversation • English education • English education in Japan • english language • English language education • language learning • learning English • Nishi Azabu • Osaka • Tokyo)
Pair Japanese whisky with convenience store fried chicken at new Konbini Bar in Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Sep 27, 2022
Lawson’s first-ever convenience store bar looks set to be a great place to unwind on the cheap.
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- (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】
- 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.
- Japan
- (bars • COK • cool • food • ice cream • members-only • parfaits • secret • Shibuya • SNJO • sweets)
How a bar in Kabukicho scammed one diner out of their money, and how it can happen to you too
- Oona McGee
Dec 16, 2021
Receipt shows the sneaky extra charges you need to watch out for.
- Japan
- (bars • drinking • drinks • food • izakaya • Kabukicho • restaurants • scams • shinjuku • Tokyo • tourism • travel)
The time we (almost certainly) got scammed by a dating app in Tokyo’s bar district
- Casey Baseel
Aug 5, 2021
“Hey, let’s play a game,” she said, but maybe it was our reporter who got played.
- Japan
- (bars • COK • crazy • dating • dating apps • Kabukicho • romance • scammers • scams • SNJO • weird)
A.I. Japanese bar Mama-san is ready to listen to your troubles at her virtual bar
- Casey Baseel
Jul 10, 2021
Created through extensive interviews with a real-life Mama-san, A.I. Yoshiko is here for when you need a caring ear.
- Japan
- (A.I. • artificial intelligence • bars • cool • Mama-san • technology • weird • Yofuku no Aoyama)
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