Four eras of Tokyo drinking, stitched together by the Yamanote line. The legs are train rides, not walks. This is by design and by respect for your feet.
- 1 · The Cold Open
Kamiya Bar
Tokyo's first Western bar, 1880. Order the Denki Bran, the electric brandy, recipe secret since the Meiji era. Buy tickets at the door like everyone's grandfather did. Asakusa will still be there afterward.
est. 1880 · from 11:30am · verified Jul 2026
- 2 · The Detour
Ginza Lion Beer Hall
Japan's oldest beer hall, 1934, mosaics and roast beef and litres of Sapporo under cathedral ceilings. It survived the war intact, which the ceiling mosaics quietly commemorate.
est. 1934 · afternoon · verified Jul 2026
- 3 · The Anchor
Andy's Shin Hinomoto
Under the Yurakucho tracks, run by an Englishman with a Tsukiji habit. Grilled fish, cold beer, trains thundering overhead on schedule. Eat everything Andy suggests. He has never once been wrong, allegedly.
under the tracks · dinner · verified Jul 2026
- 4 · The Wildcard
Albatross, Golden Gai
Three floors, each the size of a confession booth, chandeliers included. Golden Gai holds two hundred bars in six alleys. This one takes strangers kindly. Cover charge is the rent on a seat in history.
Golden Gai · night · verified Jul 2026
- 5 · The Last Call
New York Bar, Park Hyatt
Fifty-two floors up. The whisky is priced like the view because it comes with one. Yes, the film was shot here. Order the Hibiki, watch the city refuse to end, take the elevator down to bed.
52nd floor · last orders · verified Jul 2026 · 🏨 the night ends at Park Hyatt Tokyo