Japanese “Snack” Bar Hopping Tour for Real Local Nightlife in Shimbashi, Tokyo!
Overview
Book a Japanese “snack” bar tour to experience authentic Tokyo nightlife like a local! Let an insider guide introduce you to hidden drinking spots full of friendly locals. Enjoy unique Japanese drinks, snacks, karaoke, and intercultural communication.
Highlights
- Break down language barriers to mingle, drink, and sing karaoke with locals!
- Reserve with a Rakuten account to earn or use points for each booking!
- Visit snack bars in Japan to meet friendly local drinkers on their home turf
- Feel the retro vibes of these small-scale establishments each run by a “master” or “mama-san”
- Experience an authentic Japanese nightlife subculture that’s near impossible to enter without a guide
Key Information
Description
If you’re interested in meeting locals to share a drink when you travel, you might be disappointed when you visit a typical “izakaya” type bar to find that everyone keeps to themselves. Not so in a “snack” bar! A snack is a small and uniquely Japanese kind of bar where locals go to drink, snack, and enjoy the company of each other and the “mama-san” or “master” who runs the joint. Quite unlike a typical bar in Japan! However, most snacks cater mainly to their regular customers, and can be difficult for travelers to find or even gain entrance to if you’re not a fluent local. That’s where this tour comes in! Join our snack bar tour, and an expert guide will introduce you to two carefully selected venues where you can drink, snack, and even sing karaoke with the locals. Break down barriers of language and culture, and see a side of the *real* Japan that most visitors miss. We’ll introduce you to the ideal spots depending on the night and the group. You’ll feel the retro vibes of the snack bar culture that dates back to the 60s. Try uniquely Japanese drinks like shochu and umeshu. Taste Japenese bar food you won’t find anywhere else. Even take a fun quiz to deepen your understanding of Japanese drinking culture. And, unlike a typical karaoke booth, we’ll ply you with drink then get you singing along with the whole bar! As well as visiting two snacks (with three drinks at each) we’ll explore the Shimbashi area a little: our recommended neighborhood to take in Tokyo’s after-work atmosphere. Stroll the backstreets and explore a traditional Japanese local landmark to complete your cultural introduction to the world of the “snack”!