{"id":735,"date":"2010-01-10T12:34:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T12:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidejapanblog.com\/?p=735"},"modified":"2016-02-08T21:08:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-08T21:08:10","slug":"the-best-bar-in-kabukicho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/10\/the-best-bar-in-kabukicho\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Bar in Kabukicho"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? Help us by sharing it!<\/h4><ul class=\"wpfai-list\"><li class=\"wpfai-list-item facebook\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F735&amp;t=\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wpfai-facebook wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item twitter\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F735\" title=\"Twitter\" class=\"wpfai-twitter wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item pinterest\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F735&amp;description=&amp;media=\" title=\"Pinterest\" class=\"wpfai-pinterest wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-pinterest fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item linkedin\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F735&amp;title=\" title=\"Linked In\" class=\"wpfai-linkedin wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-linkedin fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item envelope\">\r\n      <a href=\"mailto:?subject=&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F735%20-%20\" title=\"E-Mail\" class=\"wpfai-envelope wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item stumbleupon\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F735\" title=\"Stumble Upon\" class=\"wpfai-stumbleupon wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-stumbleupon fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item reddit\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F735\" title=\"Reddit\" class=\"wpfai-reddit wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-reddit fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><\/ul><p>A wander around nightime <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/jan\/19\/kabukicho-tokyo-cleanup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kabukicho<\/a>, Tokyo&#8217;s red light district, is a memorable experience. Excited tourists from all around the world come to photograph and walk amongst\u00a0Kabukicho&#8217;s\u00a0numerous garish neon signed venues.\u00a0But if you actually want to get a drink somewhere, you need\u00a0luck and good judgement to avoid disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>As with most places in Japan, there are signs everywhere, but they don&#8217;t help much. Bitter experience has taught me this. Four years ago, I went into a &#8216;Snack Bar&#8217; and got served peanuts, not pasties, with my beer. Imagine my fury.<\/p>\n<p>Even being able to read Japanese doesn&#8217;t help you much. &#8216;Free Guidance&#8217; booths are everywhere. But their guidance only stretches to assisting the sex-starved. Trust me, you will only get strange looks if you go in there asking for a good place for a pint and a pasty.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-738\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/november-2009-japan-1802.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-738\" title=\"november 2009 japan 180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/november-2009-japan-1802-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/november-2009-japan-1802-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/november-2009-japan-1802-720x530.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/november-2009-japan-1802-390x287.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/november-2009-japan-1802-780x574.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/november-2009-japan-1802.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The best bar in Kabukicho<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fortunately Kabukicho does have one bar of the highest quality.\u00a0The bar, Shatekiya, satisfies the three criteria all good bars must meet. 1) The staff are friendly. 2) At 500 yen, the drinks are reasonably priced. 3) They have pork based snacks &#8211;\u00a0the tastiest sausages outside of Cumberland.<\/p>\n<p>As well as fantastic sausages, Shatekiya also has guns &#8211;\u00a0Shatekiya is Japanese for shooting gallery.\u00a0A growing number of devotees\u00a0come\u00a0here to drink\u00a0and shoot.\u00a0Bright-eyed beaming girls\u00a0show you how to load the rifles and pistols, and then aim at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anime\">anime<\/a> characters moving round on\u00a0a conveyor belt.<\/p>\n<p>As well as being great fun, Shatekiya provides a valuable service. For years drunkards desperate to fire a gun have had nowhere. Equally tragic, lovers of pork based snacks have often felt isolated, even stigmatised, in Japan. Now, brilliantly, both these gaps in the market have been filled.\u00a0I hope the people of Tokyo are grateful.<\/p>\n<h4>Like this post? 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