In amongst the noise and bright lights of Shinjuku’s Kabukicho is a quiet oasis where you can hear the sound of pencil on paper.
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We visit a new Tokyo bar where nobody speaks and writing is the only way to communicate
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Oona McGee
Aug 26, 2020 - Tweet
Japanese pubs in Tokyo, Osaka now have special seats for online drinking party customers
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Casey Baseel
Jul 9, 2020
Special one-person seats for when your party has to be online, but you don’t want to have it at home.
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New light-up Japanese bar sign capsule toys make drinking at home feel like a night on the town
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Casey Baseel
Jul 8, 2020
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Parent and child bond over oden, all-age drinks.
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Casey Baseel
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Confirmed coronavirus patient in Aichi told to go home, goes bar hopping instead
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Master Blaster
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I’m sorry sir, you have a highly contagious and deadly pathogen. Now get out of here you little scamp!
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Eli Pang
Feb 22, 2020
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We visit a Yokohama bar for some Star Wars cocktails, get served by a world class bartender
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Dale Roll
Dec 31, 2019
- Japan
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Transform your fridge into a Japanese nightscape with light-up snack bar signboard magnets
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Oona McGee
Dec 27, 2019
- Japan
- (bars • capsule toys • COK • gacha toys • gachapon • Kitan Club • magnets • snack bar • SNJO • souveinrs • toys)
Akihabara bar’s secret menu beer is a massive treat in the world’s biggest otaku culture center
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Casey Baseel
Dec 23, 2019
- Japan
- (Akihabara • awesome • bars • beer • big food • COK • crazy • restaurants • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • Tokyo • ura menu • Yodobashi Camera)
Crazy Tokyo bar rewards you with free drinks for accurate ax throwing, offers shuriken option
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Casey Baseel
Dec 11, 2019
Reeast Room is “a theme park where you can do things that you’re normally not allowed to.”
The true, and truly weird, story of the time our hostess-bar-loving reporter went out for a drink, and couldn’t come back.
- Japan
- (aiseki lounge • bars • COK • crazy • crime • hostess bars • SNJO • weird)
Tokyo has a bar that only lets you in if you come alone – No bringing your friends allowed!
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Casey Baseel
Oct 17, 2019
All-you-can-drink deal lets you chug down unlimited alcohol at 138 Japan locations for a month
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Koh Ruide
Oct 7, 2019
Good-looking staff promise to identify your good points and shower you with compliments as you unwind after a long day.
- Japan
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Anime girl virtual YouTubers are running their own bar in Tokyo now【Video】
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Casey Baseel
Aug 25, 2019
Virtual Snack provides real drinks and real conversation from charismatic bartenders who don’t really exist.
- Japan
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Shonen Jump opens special bar for adults to raise a toast to their childhood action heroes
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Krista Rogers
Jul 16, 2019
This new establishment pays particular homage to manga that were serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump in the 1980s.
- Japan
- (anime • bars • manga • Otona no Jump Sakaba • restaurants • shinjuku • Shonen Jump • themed restaurnts • Tokyo • Weekly Shonen Jump)
We check out Shinjuku’s video game theme bar and get a neat EXP bonus, enjoy whacky plate-ups
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Katy Kelly
May 31, 2019
Grab your Virtual Boy and ready your quarters, it’s time to knock back a shot of gaming nostalgia!
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