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🍢 Yokochō Crawl

Tokyo · One evening · 3 stops · 70% local · ~0.6 km walked (~800 steps) · chill pace

One evening in the alleys — smoky yakitori under the tracks, two hundred matchbox bars in Golden Gai, and Shibuya's Drunkard's Alley to land.

♿ Terrain: easy. Flat alleys; tiny bars often sit up narrow stairs.

🛡 Safety: relaxed. Safe — but ignore touts (Kabukichō is next door) and confirm cover charges before sitting.

Yokochō CrawlPhoto: Wikimedia Commons ↗
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Day 1
~0.6 km · ~800 steps
Open route ↗

Omoide Yokochō from 18h for yakitori elbow-to-elbow, then Golden Gai — pick a door with an open seat and commit, cover charges are normal. JR one stop to Shibuya for a Nonbei nightcap. Cash for everything.

Shinjuku

~4h

Postwar alleys at full smoke

  • Omoide Yokochōlocal

    Smoky postwar yakitori alley by the tracks — 'Memory Lane', elbow to elbow.

  • Golden Gailocal

    Six alleys, two hundred matchbox bars, five seats each — pick a door and commit.

Shibuya

~2h

Two lanes of tiny bars by the tracks

  • Nonbei Yokochōlocal

    'Drunkard's Alley' — two lanes of tiny bars hiding beside the train tracks.