3-Hours Tokyo Local Bar & Izakaya Crawl in Shinjuku Area
Overview
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3 hours
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Join us for a bar hopping tour in the unique and vibrant Shinjuku area! Our team will ensure you have the best night possible!
During the bar hopping tour, we'll visit Omoide Yokocho, Kabukicho, and Golden Gai, taking you to hidden izakayas and bars that only locals know.
The tour starts in the red lantern-adorned local izakaya area of Omoide Yokocho or the bustling district of Kabukicho.
Next, we'll head to Kabukicho, Japan's largest neon-lit entertainment district.
Afterward, we'll visit the Golden Gai area. As we have connections to bars that don't accept general customers, our tour will grant you access to these hidden gems.
We generally go to the places mentioned above, but there may be times when we can't go to bars or izakayas due to circumstances. If you're worried about it, feel free to ask in advance, and we'll provide the locations for the day.
Additional Info
Wheelchair accessible
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What‘s Included
guide
Admission fee is free
Alcoholic Beverages
Dinner
What To Expect
Omoide Yokocho
At first we will meet up in front of Kitakata Ramen Bannai Omoide Yokocho Branch, the closest exit of Shinjuku station is B15. We will go to local izakaya at "Omoide-Yokocho" or "Shinjuku Kabuki-cho" There are so famous place for local people. You can feel local atmosphere and enjoy local food like yakitori, karaage and so on at izakaya here.
Kabukicho
After enjoying izakaya at "Omoide-Yokocho" or "Kabuki-cho", we will walk and take pictures at Kabukicho" "Kabukicho" is the biggest red light district in Asia. We will walk around and we will explain you the history, culture and features. You can enjoy atmosphere, see lots of interesting things and take pictures here.
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3-Hours Tokyo Local Bar & Izakaya Crawl in Shinjuku Area
Reviews
677 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Beware of “2 beers Kota” he claims he will only have 2 beers & be super boring - that was far from the truth what a liar
James K,
Aug 12, 2025
- Viator
5.00Beware of this tour if you get a guide named “two beers Kota.” The tour was a full 14 persons from a mix of the US, AU, UK, Germany (I’m sure I’m missing some) and right off the bat Kota assured us he will only be having two beers which set the mood of the tour. The first venue was a yakitori bar where for a low flat price you could practically have all you can drink and eat. About ten minutes in mister “two beers” is clearly already past his two beer limit and our group is getting a bit loud considering this is Japan. We reached our limit and was ushered to the next venue, which was a sake bar. Which is where things took a turn. Again, for a ridiculously small flat fee we got a six course sake “flight” and our group of 14 westerners was starting to get rowdy, even starting to talk to the locals who were sitting at the table next to us. After a short 30 minutes and six shots of sake our group was in full bonding mood and Lo and behold we are literally getting kicked out! Can you believe it, Kota was making us have so much fun the bar literally kicked us out. Apparently unlike America you’re not allowed to have fun in a japanese sake bar. Ridiculous. Anyway Kota, who clearly is a liar about his supposed two beer limit, takes us to a dark basement bar where, again for a small flat fee we have unlimited drinks from a western style bar. At this point I am panicking because when it comes to cocktails and unlimited it can only lead to too much fun and potential black outs. Mind you Kota is way beyond his two beer limit and is taking shots and making sure all 14 guests are having fun without anyone left out. Now we were a rowdy bunch so we are way past the 3 hour tour schedule and we had to kidnap Kota and make him stay and drink with us since we need a local to transrate because as everyone knows Japanese people cant speaka engrish which everyone in the group has admitted is annoying af. So even though it is now past 1am and the basement bar is now kicking us out we drag Kota to golden gai. Scratch that we for all intents and purposes kidnapped Kota who kept claiming he needed to meet up with his “girlfriend” (yea sure buddy). And you won’t believe what he does - he ditches us around 2am and now we have to keep the party going all on our own. I ended up getting home around 4am and I have to admit I have no recollection of what happened between 2 and 4am. To make matters worse my son locked me out of our vrbo so I had to find an Onsen around the corner and sleep in a luxurious Japanese spa for like $30. Overall what a terrible experience!
Great group experience in Tokyo!
Danielle O,
Jul 9, 2025
- Viator
4.00We had a great time going to some local bars with our tour guide. It was great having someone who could translate for us and knew some of the less tourist-y places to go.
Great experience
Ashton S,
Jun 13, 2025
- Viator
5.00Very good took to places i wouldn't normally go but were great and different from the usual experience
Shinjuku Bar Tour
Kirk H,
Jun 2, 2025
- Viator
5.00Tamara was a wonderful guide! She did a great job of showing us all around Shinjuku and everyone had a great time!
Great night !!!
CRISTINA M,
May 25, 2025
- Viator
5.00It was the most amazing experience!!! Thank you. The Karaoke time is unbelievable great! The vibe of our tourist guide was great!
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