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PUB INDEX
BY AREA
Top Ten
Asagaya
Awajicho
Daikanyama
Gaienmae
Hachioji
Higashi Jujo
Hiro
Iidabashi
Ikebukuro
Ikejiri Ohashi
Kamiyacho
Kannai
Kojimachi
Monzen Nakacho
Nakano
Nishi Ogikubo
Nogizaka
Ochanomizu
Otsuka
Roppongi
Sangenjaya
Shibuya
Shimbashi
Shinjuku
Shin Ochanomizu
Shinsen
Tamachi
Tokyo Station
Toranomon
Ueno Hirokoji
Yoyogi-Uehara
Yurakucho
Yutenji
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ASAGAYA
GINZA
Food
DAIKANYAMA
Food
GAIENMAE
Food
HACHIOJI
Food
HIGASHI
JUJO
Food
HIRO
Food
HIRO
Food
HIRO
IDABASHI
Food
IKEBUKURO
IKEBUKURO
Food
IKEBUKURO
Food
IKEBUKURO
IKEBUKURO
Food
IKEBUKURO
Food
IKEBUKURO
Food
IKEJIRI
OHASHI
Food
KAMIYACHO
KANNAI
Food
KOJIMACHI
Food
MONZEN
NAKACHO
NAKANO
NISHI
OGIKUBO
Food
NISHI
OGIKUBO
Food
NOGIZAKA
OCHANOMIZU
OTSUKA
Food
OTSUKA
Food
ROPPONGI
Food
ROPPONGI
Food
ROPPONGI
SANGENJAYA
Food
SANGENJAYA
Food
SHIBUYA
SHIBUYA
Food
SHIBUYA
Food
SHIBUYA
Food
SHIBUYA
Food
SHIMBASHI
Food
SHINJUKU
SHINJUKU
Food
SHINJUKU
Food
SHINJUKU
Food
SHINJUKU
Food
SHINJUKU
SHIN
OCHANOMIZU
SHINSEN
Food
TAMACHI
Food
TOKYO
STATION
TORANOMON
TORANOMON
UENO
HIROKOJI
Food
YOYOGI
UEHARA
Food
YURAKUCHO
YUTENJI
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Yotta
03-3336-7650
2-15-4 Asagaya Kita
Excellent and diverse sake
selections.
Open 6 to 12pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Expensive.
Mizuki Mushu
03-5537-1897
6-7-6 Ginza Rappe B
(on Nishi Go-gangai)
Mushu has a funky interior, a very
interesting food menu, and a wide
range of unique sake. Top Ten.
Open 4 to 11:30pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Below Average to Moderate.
Ichi
03-3715-0291
3-5-8 Ebisu Minami
Pleasant atmosphere. 15 or so
sake selections, and food
consisting of upscale and creative
variations on traditional izakaya
fare. Reservations recommended.
Open 5:30 to 11:30pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Moderate Prices.
Kura
03-5474-0445
3-2-3 Minami Aoyama
Decent selection of good sakes to
taste and explore, although focus of
place is "creative food from all
countries."
Open 5pm to 2am.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Moderate Prices.
Sake no Ikesu
0462-42-1508
3-10-6 Meijin-cho
Worth the trip thanks to its great
food, sake, and ambience. Take
north exit at station.
Open 5 to 11pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Expensive.
Arakawa
03-3912-1430
3-3-1 Higashi Jujo
JR Keihin Tohoku Line
Some fine sake selections that go
well with the pub's mainstay --
top-rate tempura; highly polished
place; manager very friendly; ask for
his advice.
Open 5 to 9pm.
Lunch 11:30am to 2pm.
Closed Wednesday
Expensive.
Bincho
03-5474-0755
3-10-5 Roppongi
Excellent yakitori served with fine
sake in a dark and woody interior.
Best bet is to buy the 3,500 yen
course, both filling and tasty. Ask
or point for your sake.
Open 6 to 12pm
Expensive.
Foods Bar
03-3423-8140
3-24-20 Nishi Azabu
A woody interior with about 15
carefully selected sakes from
around Japan, and good food.
Open 6pm to 2am.
Closed Sunday.
Moderate Prices.
Kuri
03-3497-0881
Motoazabu 2-11-1
Near Hiro and Roppongi stations,
directly across the street from
Sakaya Kurihara in Moto-Azabu. It's
tiny, seating perhaps a dozen, but
offers upwards of 100 sakes, much
of it very special and unique. There
is an all-English version of the sake
menu, too. The fare is mostly small
curiously flavored snacks from
around Japan chosen to
compliment the sake.
Open 6 to 10:30pm
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Expensive
Mokichi
03-3267-5307
35 Yokoderamachi
Recommended for a night of good,
hearty inaka (countryside) food and
the sake to go with it. Fun but not
serene atmosphere. Come in a
sociable mood.
Open 4:30 to 11:30pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Moderate Prices.
Akebono
03-3988-3545
2-4-6 Ikebukuro
Over 100 sake selections from all
over Japan. Run by energetic
couple who make you feel at home.
Fun place.
Open 5 to 11pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Expensive.
Kagaribi
03-3986-4318
3-22-10 Nishi Ikebukuro
Good selection of sake and decent
food, mostly delicious stewed stuff
with a homemade touch.
Open 5 to 12pm.
Closed Sunday.
Moderate Prices.
Miharukoma
03-3971-0888
3-29-11 Nishi Ikebukuro
Excellent slection of sake, with wall
board listing most popular 20. Large
menu supplemented by seasonal
selections.
Open 5 to 11pm
Very Expensive.
Misato
03-3981-0280
1-31-6 Ikebukuro
Over 130 sake selections. Definitely
a shop for the sake enthusiast.
Food chosen to complement the
sake.
Open 5 to 11:15pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Expensive.
Sasashu
03-3971-9363
2-2-2 Ikebukuro
Warm and friendly atmosphere for
groups of 4-6 people. Excellent
grilled food and some wonderful
sake selections. Upscale and
beautifully traditional. Not cheap,
but nice. Among Top Ten.
Open 5 to 10pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Expensive.
Tonerian
03-3985-0254
1-38-9 Nishi Ikebukuro
Plenty of good sake, while the food
is nearly always seasonal
specialities. The more rustic 1st
floor fills up fast, so get here early
to get a seat downstairs.
Open 4 to 12pm.
Moderate Prices.
Yorozuya Matsukaze
03-3986-1047
1-24-5 Nishi Ikebukuro
Dark and rustic. Offers about 25
sakes. Theme of place is folklore of
the Hida Takayama region of Gifu
Prefecture. Food matches the
atmosphere and the sake.
Open 5 to 11pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Moderate Prices.
Kazuya
03-3424-9446
3-22-4 Ikejiri
About 80 fine sake selections, plus
excellent yakitori dinners. Ask staff
for sake recommendations.
Open 5pm to 2am.
Closed Tuesday.
Moderate Prices.
Tohazu
03-3435-1082
3-7-11 Toranomon
The food is good, the presentation
is sharp, and there is plenty of
excellent sake. The setting is a bit
more modern than the average
place.
Open 5 to 10:30pm.
Closed Sat Sun Holidays
Moderate Prices.
Tomohiro
045-261-0078
Higashi-michi, Fukutomi-cho
38 Chuo-ku
Excellent sake menu with special
focus on sake from Niigata
Prefecture. Fresh food and
excellent sashimi. Friendly master.
Open 5pm to 2am.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Expensive.
Japontei
03-3263-3642
3-4 Kojimachi
Appealing atmosphere. Good
selection of sake and mostly
Japanese food, with lots of fish.
Among Top Ten.
Open 6pm to 2am.
Lunch 11:30am to 3:30pm.
Closed Saturday Sunday and
Holidays.
Expensive.
Kai
03-3820-4855
1-6-5 Tomioka
Seats about 25, comfortable
atmosphere, large food menu, and
plenty of excellent sake selections.
Open 5:30 to 11pm.
Closed Sunday.
Moderate Prices.
Osaka-ya
03-3641-2325
2-2-2 Monzen Nakacho
Osaka-ya is a liquor shop running a
tachinomi (a bar at which patrons
must stand). Very narrow and
cramped; friendly crowd; 2-drink
limit.
Open 5 to 8pm.
Closed Saturday Sunday Holidays.
Inexpensive.
Ajiyoshi
03-3388-5471
5-59-1 Nakano
Boasts more types of sake than
anyplace else in Tokyo. Quirky
rules for drinkers (e.g., they don't
like to give sake recommendations).
But well worth a visit.
Open 6:00pm to 1:30am.
On Sunday and Holidays, Opens
6pm to 1am.
Expensive.
Harubaru Tei
03-3334-5133
3-40-10 Shoan
Almost always full. Overflowing with
sake selections; seasonal
vegetables are big on the menu
here.
Open 6pm to 1am.
Closed Monday.
Moderate Prices.
Yakitori Masa
03-3395-9667
3-31-10 Nishi Ogi Kita
Famous and lively. Serves tasty
yakitori. There is sake to fill all
budgets, but there is no sake
menu, so you must know what you
want or point to it on the shelf.
Open 5:30 to 12pm.
Closed Wednesday.
Expensive.
Sakebayashi Hanna
03-3405-9888
1-25-2 Minami Aoyama
Quiet, friendly, and relaxed place 10
minutes from Roppongi crossing.
All junmaishu 1,500 yen per
decanter, ginjoshu 1000 yen per
glass. All dishes 500 yen.
Open 6 to 11pm.
Closed Saturday Sunday
and Holidays.
Inexpensive.
Genkainada
03-3291-0053
3-2 Kanda Ogawamachi
A gem of a place. Seats less than
20, with over 20 excellent sakes.
Sister shop upstairs offers good
food (yakitori, sushi, sashimi,
salad, baked fish) to match your
sake sipping.
Open 5 to 12pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Moderate Prices.
Kushigoma
03-3917-6657
2-32-25 Kita Ikebukuro
Small, popular, with extremely
creative food and wonderful fish.
Good sake selections. Make
reservations well in advance.
Open 6 to 12pm
Closed Sunday.
Expensive.
Konakara
03-5394-2340
1-14-7 Kita-Otsuka, Toshima-ku
Five minutes from JR
Otsuka-station
Although a bit out of the way and a
bit quiet, the food, sake and beer
are outstanding at this small shop
run by a young husband and wife
team. Fresh, seasonal dishes and
sake both change with regularity.
Small counter and two tables only.
Among Top Ten.
Open 6 to 11:30pm
Closed Wednesday.
Bincho
03-5474-0755
3-10-5 Roppongi
Excellent yakitori served with fine
sake in a dark and woody interior.
Best bet is to buy the 3,500 yen
course, both filling and tasty. Ask
or point for your sake.
Open 6 to 12pm
Expensive.
Foods Bar
03-3423-8140
3-24-20 Nishi Azabu
A woody interior with about 15
carefully selected sakes from
around Japan, and good food.
Open 6pm to 2am.
Closed Sunday.
Moderate Prices.
Kuri
03-3497-0881
Motoazabu 2-11-1
Near Hiro and Roppongi stations,
directly across the street from
Sakaya Kurihara in Moto-Azabu. It's
tiny, seating perhaps a dozen, but
offers upwards of 100 sakes, much
of it very special and unique. There
is an all-English version of the sake
menu, too. The fare is mostly small
curiously flavored snacks from
around Japan chosen to
compliment the sake.
Open 6 to 10:30pm
Closed Sunday and Holidays
Expensive
Akaoni
03-3410-9918
2-15-3 Sangenjaya
More than 100 sake selections at
fair to expensive prices. Friendly
staff and good food. Reservations
recommended, as is their sashimi
moriawase. Not excessively priced,
but not cheap. Among Top Ten.
Open 5:30 to 11:30pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Expensive.
Matsuri Bayashi
03-3419-6980
4-22-12 Taishido
Loaded with good sake. Food is
ample and creative.
Open 5pm to 2am.
Closed Holidays.
Inexpensive.
Jizake
03-3496-5295
2-19-3 Dogenzaka
About 50 sake selections. Food
mostly fish, nabe, and other small
dishes to complement the sake.
Open 5pm to 3am.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Moderate Prices.
Sakanatei
03-3780-1313
2-23-15 Dogenzaka
Small, cozy and popular. Make
reservations. Large selection of
sake, while food is creative and
fresh and displayed in bowls on the
counter. Among Top Ten.
Open 5:30 to 11pm.
Closed Sunday.
Moderate Prices.
The Za
03-3461-9598
25-9 Udagawa-cho
Loud, boisterous, and popular, with
excellent, wide-ranging and
creative food. The sake list is full of
40 or so unique, zesty selections
that are generally hard to get in
Tokyo. Among Top Ten.
Open 5 to 12pm.
Open also for lunch. Call for times.
Moderate Prices.
Shunju
03-3770-0019
2-32-12 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku
Located five minutes from Shibuya
Station, up Dogenzaka. Large,
divided into several areas with
distinctly different atmospheres;
earthy, dark and woody overall. Try
to get a low table on the second
floor. Wonderful, unique food and
sake menu, with lots of fresh
vegetables, fish and tofu. English
menu as well. Among Top Ten.
Open 6:00 to 11:30pm.
Fairly priced but not cheap.
Unosato
03-3496-2087
36-11 Udagawa-cho
Quiet and traditional. Food is
delicate and beautifully presented,
and the sake menu is just big
enough to ensure there are both old
favorites and new treats.
Open 5 to 11pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Expensive.
Isomura
03-3433-3982
3-23-7 Shimbashi
Nice down-home feeling. Small
place serving about 20 kinds of
sake, and 25 dishes that change
daily with the season.
Open 5 to 11pm.
Closed Saturday Sunday and
Holidays.
Moderate Prices.
Amanogawa
03-3344-0111
Ext. 5950
2-2-1 Nishi Shinjuku
Mostly ginjoshu sake served here.
Plenty of wonderful, classy
selections; best to let manager
select for you, as she knows what
is on hand.
Open 5 to 10pm.
Lunch 11:30am to 2pm.
Very Expensive.
Donjaka
03-3357-8090
3-6-12 Shinjuku
Eyebrow-raising yet simple
variations on Japanese food that are
worth a try. Good, solid
workingman' sake with a dozen or
so selections.
Open 4pm to 5am.
Moderate Prices.
Jizake-ya
03-3205-3690
2-46-7 Kabuki-cho
About 150 sake selections, seats
about 25, and serves simple but
decent food.
Open 6pm to 1am.
Closed 2 nd Sunday Every Month.
Very Expensive.
Ryuma
03-3354-7956
3-21-4 Shinjuku
Large selection of both hard-to-find
and commonly found sake; curious
food menu built around 47 different
iwashi (sardine) variations.
Open 5 to 12pm.
Taruichi
03-3208-9772
1-17-12 Kabukicho
Great variety of Miyagi Prefecture
sake, while whale is the specialty
of the kitchen. Nice izakaya
atmosphere and fair prices. Located
in Kabukicho area. Among Top Ten.
Open 5 to 10pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Moderate Prices.
Totoya
03-5272-9556
1-21-1 Kabukicho
Sake from every prefecture in Japan
that brews it, shochu from
Kagoshima, and awamori from
Okinawa. You can' beat the
diversity or prices.
Open 5 to 11pm.
On Saturday, Sunday Holidays.
Opens 3-11pm.
Inexpensive.
Ichinochaya
03-3251-8517
2-21-10 Kanda Awajicho
Specially selected sake that you
won' find in the stores. Food is
complex and diverse in flavor.
Open 5 to 11pm.
Closed Saturday Sunday Holidays.
Very Expensive.
Sakura
03-3461-2104
17-2 Maruyama-cho
Charming and traditional shop.
Reservations must be made at least
2 days in advance. Wonderful food,
with a homemade touch. Courses
start at 5000 yen. Large sake
selection.
Open 5:30-11:30pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Expensive.
Komahachi
03-3453-2530
5-16-1 Shiba
Always crowed, always fun. About
20 good sake selections and good
food that comes in large portions.
Open 5 to 11:30pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Moderate Prices.
Fukube
03-3271-6065
1-4-5 Yaesu
A real find. Very small and old, with
40 or so excellent sakes for both
warm or chilled drinking. Dirt cheap
and comfortable.
Open 4:30 to 10:30pm.
Closed Sunday and Holidays.
Inexpensive.
Hanataro
03-3591-8970
1-16-9 Toranomon
Great atmosphere, excellent food,
and great sake. Best to leave sake
selections to manager. Make
reservations.
Open 5 to 11:30pm.
Closed Saturday Sunday Holidays.
Very Expensive (around 10,000 per
person)
Suzuden
03-3580-1944
1-2-15 Toranomon
Boisterous and brightly lit. Sake is
outstanding. Food ain' gourmet but
it will fill you up.
Open 5 to 10:30pm.
Closed Saturday Sunday Holidays.
Inexpensive.
Odako
03-3836-4906
2-3-1 Ueno
Boasts about 45 kinds of sake and
serves oden (fish cakes and
vegetables simmered in broth).
Small cozy atmosphere.
Open 5:30 to 10:30pm.
Moderate Prices.
Sasagin
03-5454-3715
Yoyogi Uehara 1-32-15
See Full Review. Throws excellent
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