14｜Discover Akabane: A Beginner’s Guide to Tokyo’s Hidden Drinking District

The best secret place in Tokyo

• Akabane

Kita-ku, Tokyo tourism Website” Akabane Area”

This time I will introduce a popular place that is popular among Japanese people but is not yet well known by foreigners and tourists. 

Akabane has a bar district, and there are many izakayas that are open during the day, and many Japanese people drink there from noon until night. 

These places are famous in Akabane,

There are over 50 restaurants here – Izakaya, Sushi, Yakiniku, Eel, Oden, Cafe, Bar – I am sure you to find your favorite restaurant. 

I also took my foreign friends to Akabane and they liked it, so I think people from any country can enjoy it. 

The only problem it is rare for a restaurant in Akabane to have an English menu, 

However, if you use Google Translate, you can understand Japanese, and if you see something that Japanese people around you are eating and it looks delicious, you can order the same thing. 

For those who are reluctant to enter a restaurant that only has a Japanese menu, I will teach you the magic word. 

Please, just point at what you want and say these words. 

Kudasai 

or 

Kore Kudasai  

That means “Could I have this one?” 

If you change the word KORE to beer in japanese, you can order beer or anything else, and it’s a polite expression, so you can use it anywhere.

There are other interesting places in Akabane where you can enjoy Japanese snacks and bars where women will serve you drinks, 

It’s a safe place to drink without getting ripped off. 

The price at a bar I went to is 3000 yen for men and 2000 yen for women for 1 hour. 

All you can drink, beer extra charge 

There is someone near the building who will introduce you to bars, so if you ask using Google Translate, you will be able to find out. 

• Lion Building Meikokan 

Address: 1-chome-39-5 Akabane, Kita City, Tokyo 115-0045

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I think it’s hard to find it, so I added a photo of it,

I also introduce a bar that I recommend. 

The bartender doesn’t speak English, but you may meet customers who speaks English,

• LIFE

Why not try drinking at a place where you can meet local Japanese people?

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