Standing Bars in Akihabara

Liquor shop down a side street in Nishi-Asakusa, 5 minutes from Tawaramachi, marked by the 'Masukou Honjin' sign. Sake and shochu compared at the kakuuchi from 100 yen. Closed some days for brewery training; English website.

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Rare sakes and quirky small plates — a tachinomi where sake, highballs, and wine all share the spotlight.

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Craft beer specialist in Asakusa focused on UK breweries. Frequent new arrivals and brewery tap takeovers, with cans to go.

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Craft beer spot in Hanakawado, Asakusa, near Sumida Park. Eight taps of domestic and imported beer and about ten house-made sausages, plus hot dogs on buns from Asakusa Manufacture. Takeout available.

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Sake shop in Asakusa where you can taste from 500 yen before buying. Founded by former NMB48 member Yui Takano, focused on breweries led by women and young toji. Tenbi, Mutsu Hassen and the original 'Abe to Yui to'.

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Book-lined standing bar in Asakusa's Kannon-ura. Hoegaarden on draft and awamori sangria steeped with seasonal fruit from citrus to apple. Opening days are posted monthly.

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Sake and shochu shop in Kappabashi, opened 2015. Limited releases like Hoo Biden, Midorikawa and Toyo Otokoyama, with kakuuchi for 500 yen. Publishes the owner's newsletter 'Shiratama News'; the main shop is in Kita-Ueno.

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Kakuuchi at the long-established Sagamiya Honten in Asakusa. Natural wines made without pesticides or preservatives from France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and more, tasted for 500 yen.

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Yakisoba stand in the Asakusa underground arcade, directly connected to the station. 'Genius yakisoba' with bottled beer from midday to night. Staff are the 'Star Team' with a posted roster; a Halloween event every year.

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Kakuuchi izakaya in Nishi-Asakusa. Sake and wine lead, with craft beer, shochu and seasonal limited sakes. Dogs and kids welcome; shared workspace upstairs. Part of Asakusa's Futen group.

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Asakusa branch of Kawamuraya, a creative-pickles maker claiming 230 years. Kakuuchi with shochu, pickles and cheese snacks from 250 yen. Shops in Omiya and Kawagoe too, each with a dining corner.

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Cash-only kakuuchi where you pay as you go — sake, draft beer, and simple snacks, no fuss.

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Raw meat dishes and ¥350 beers — this easy-going tachinomi spot even does highballs for ¥150.

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Wine and cheese starting at ¥100 — a casual tachinomi spot with a laid-back kakuuchi vibe.

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Small wine stand in Iidabashi: coffee by day, natural wine by night, with a focus on Japanese wines like Nagano's Terre de Ciel, whose harvest the owner joins yearly. A chef cooks hot dishes Tue–Wed. Cashless only.

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Standing bar in Kagurazaka's Kakurenbo Yokocho, 3 minutes from Iidabashi; the name means 'stone pavement'. Drinks from 540 yen in carefully chosen glassware. Fully non-smoking; light food at the counter.

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Standing pub in Fujimi, Iidabashi. Eight taps of domestic and overseas craft beer, plus whisky and gin. All standing, non-smoking. Pints are ¥200 off until 7pm Mon–Sat, and Wednesday lunch is curry.

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A tiny counter-bar where the owner's warmth is half the reason to visit.

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Sake bar on the second floor in an alley at the foot of Kagurazaka. Labels from across Japan in 60, 90 or 180ml, each in a glass chosen for it, from thin-walled to pewter. Seasonal Japanese food by a kappo-trained chef.

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Classic kakuuchi — grab something off the shelf and drink it right there. Simple snacks and beer, on your feet.

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Fresh fish and bar snacks priced from 150 to 490 yen — a tachinomi where a quick draft beer feels just right.

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Sake and Japanese wine stand on a Jimbocho back street. A certified sake taster picks regional brews to pair with fermentation-themed snacks. Beer is Coedo on draft only; no cover charge.

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Tokyo branch of a Hokuto, Yamanashi wine-and-book shop in Jimbocho, with a tasting bar. Wines from growers visited in person, sake, food books and Yamanashi vegetables. The owner works the shop Thursdays and Fridays.

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Jimbocho tachinomi, the second shop of seafood bar Atsumori. Meat sashimi platters and black ma-yu offal stew are the signatures; the shop suggests dropping the daily onigiri into leftover broth. Cash-on-delivery.

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Sake and tachinomi done right — grab a spot at the counter and enjoy a quick, satisfying round of drinks and bites.

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Fresh-cut sashimi and a self-serve bar — build your perfect drink exactly the way you like it at this tachinomi.

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A homey diner where handmade daily-special bento and senbero deals draw a different crowd at lunch and dinner.

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Doburoku, sake, and craft beer run ¥400–700 a glass — pair them with cheese and other snacks for a solid daytime drink.

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Kakuuchi at a Kayabacho liquor store founded in 1923 and run by fourth-generation brothers. Hiroshima breweries like Fukucho and Kamotsuru lead, served as three-sake tasting sets. Weekday evenings and Saturday afternoons.

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Tachinomi 1 minute from Kayabacho exit 3, relocated from Shinjuku after 12-plus years as Nihonshu Stand Moto. Twelve standing counter spots and two outdoor tables; chef-made snacks paired with sake. A monthly feature theme.

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Wine shop in Nihonbashi Kabutocho. Old vintages from the 70s to 90s bought in France and Germany are the draw, along with the former cellar of winemaker-collector Toshihiko Tsukamoto. Everyday wines and craft beer too; staff help you choose.

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Grill your own yakitori at the counter — skewers start at ¥100, with beer, shochu, and highballs to match.

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Pure Showa-era atmosphere, cheap drinks, no fuss — a tachinomi that gets straight to the point.

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Seafood straight from Sanriku and hard-to-find offal cuts, all enjoyed tachinomi-style for ¥500–¥1,000. Fresh sashimi with sake — that's the move here.

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Tachinomi nearest Keisei-Ueno. Tempura and oden are the core, with highballs and sours. The senbero set is 1,200 yen (revised June 2022).

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Standing bar inside the Ueno shop of meat wholesaler Oyama. Fresh-fried menchi katsu and croquettes are the stars, with a limited wagyu menchi. A restaurant sits inside too; take-out available.

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Simmered motsu and other braised dishes at wallet-friendly prices. Draft beer, highball, lemon sour — the drinks lineup is solid too.

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Teppan-style tachinomi by Ueno Station. Tonpei-yaki and yakisoba cooked in front of you are the stars, alongside ham katsu and offal sashimi. Standing area plus counter and terrace seating, about 80 in all.

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Nikomi, simmered motsu, all under ¥800 — and beer from just ¥200. Serious value tachinomi.

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Sake standing bar on the third floor of Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, linked underground to Tokyo Station. Twelve standing spots plus a reservation-only kappo counter, with brewery nights.

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They pour sake over rich Jersey milk soft-serve here — a grown-up sweet bar worth every sip.

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Soba shop with 'tachinomi' in its name under the tracks on the Kajibashi side of Tokyo Station. House-made soba, giant kakiage and the brand's award-winning Indian curry. Open from morning; tempura as a drinking snack.

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Nagoya-food sakaba in the Tokyo Building basement, three minutes from Tokyo Station's Marunouchi south exit. A refit turned the counter and shopfront into standing spots with their own cheaper menu: miso kushikatsu, beef dote-ni, keg sake.

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Standing sushi in the Yaesu underground mall, 3 minutes from Tokyo Station's Yaesu north exit. Chef-made nigiri eaten standing, from the 100-yen range, with highballs and sours. Takeout items too.

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Shochu, highballs, and Hoppy from ¥150 — a true senbero tachinomi. Smoking allowed throughout.

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Standing bar in Kanda Nishikicho revived in 2020 by Toshimaya, a sake merchant founded in 1596. Tokyo sakes like Kinkon and Okunokami with miso dengaku lead, plus bluefin sashimi and shuto potato salad. Cups and food for sale.

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Tachinomi in Kanda-Ogawamachi 1-chome by the Ogawamachi crossing. Lemon sours made with the house 'lemon honey' are the signature; the honey is sold too. Temporary closures posted on Instagram.

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The Kanda shop of yakitori chain Akiyoshi, its only tachinomi. Fresh-grilled yakitori with hot sake, plus shop-limited items like a dish born from staff meals of simmered 'junkei' chicken.

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Jazz on the speakers, drinks from ¥200, and a solid senbero deal — this tachinomi spot even does a mean gyoza.

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Kakuuchi near Ogawamachi Station, wine-focused. Cask sparkling 450 yen, white and red glasses from 500 yen with daily-changing labels. All snacks 450 yen—ham, salami, cream cheese with Nara pickles. Private hire available.

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Dirt-cheap, smoky, and full of regulars — the kind of tachinomi that feels gloriously down-at-heel.

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Kakuuchi at a Kanda liquor shop founded in 1928, open evenings only. Daily-changing sake, Sorachi 1984 on tap, Suiyobi no Neko and other craft beers, highballs and wine. A liquor store by day.

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Draft beer and bottled beer, a counter-focused tachinomi that's just right for a stop on the way home.

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Tachinomi in Kanda built on three pillars: motsuyaki, beef motsu-ni and low-temperature-cooked meat sashimi, with Kinmiya shochu up front. A senbero spot that also takes Tabelog reservations.

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Chicken-broth oden and chilled oden take center stage, with liver dishes, draft beer, and highballs rounding out a relaxed tachinomi stop.

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A liquor-store kakuuchi where local sake starts at just 300 yen.

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Tucked into Yokozuna Yokocho near JR Ryogoku, this counter tachinomi punches well above its weight in the kitchen.

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Pay as you go, stay as long as you like — highball, shochu, hoppy, and simmered motsu keep things moving.

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Tachinomi in Tawaramachi, Asakusa. Sake and creative Japanese dishes, with limited sakes sourced via a Toyama liquor shop. Seats at the back for a slower drink. Sister shop: sushi restaurant Komurasaki in Kuramae.

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A kakuuchi where you can hang out with dogs while you drink.

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Tachinomi in Kotobuki 3-chome by Tawaramachi. Downtown staples—three-chilled Hoppy, Akaboshi, Kinmiya, Baisu—with stew, potato salad and curry. Sake too. Days off posted monthly as a calendar.

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A liquor-store kakuuchi that also pulls coffee — you pick your poison, standing.

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Hokkaido sake and fresh seafood — a fine combination for a standing drink.

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Standing bar at Kimijimaya's Ginza shop in Ginza-Itchome, a dealer in wine, sake and shochu. Sake, wine and doburoku at the kakuuchi.

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Standing izakaya on the 1st floor of a building in Yaesu 2-chome. Local beer and grilled skewers, with sake and shochu for senbero drinking. Karaage and nori bento sold for takeout at lunch.

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Sardine dishes and sashimi from ¥400, washed down with hoppy or sours — easy, unpretentious tachinomi drinking.

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Sake bar attached to Hasegawa Saketen in Nihonbashi Honcho, with Fukutoku Shrine framed in the window. About 700 Japanese drinks in the shop; bar from 4pm weekdays and 1pm Saturdays. Hakata udon at weekday lunch.

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Narrow tachinomi in Nihonbashi-Hongokucho near Shin-Nihonbashi. Fish from Nanao port in Noto and regional sake, with occasional creative and Chinese dishes. New guests on a second stop or a one-drink visit are turned away. Weekday lunch too.

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Grilled pork skewers and yakitori starting at ¥110 — easy on the wallet, great with a beer or sour.

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A 5.5-tsubo sake tachinomi in Kanda-Misakicho near Suidobashi. 90 ml pours are almost all 600 yen and labels change daily, including rarities like Juyondai, Jikon, Hanaabi and Aramasa. Sister shop '2.2-tsubo' in Funabashi.

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Tachinomi in Kanda-Misakicho, 3 minutes from Suidobashi's east exit. Fish dishes lead the menu, with roughly 30% meat and 20% vegetables. The day's dishes are posted on Instagram almost daily.

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Natural wine shop in Ueno-Sakuragi run by an Alsace-born owner, with kakuuchi drinking at the counter or on the roof terrace. Bring bread or sweets from the neighborhood; a tiny brewery here makes non-alcoholic craft beer.

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Pork-offal tachinomi in Negishi, Uguisudani. Seared liver on a hot plate is the bestseller, with cartilage, offal stew and whole fried garlic. The house drink is the doro-hai. Menus carry English notes.

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Tachinomi Banpaiya in Negishi 3-chome near Uguisudani. Sashimi from 310 yen, the signature chuhai and draft beer, stews and snacks, from early afternoon.

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Standing wine bar in ecute EDITION under the JR Yurakucho tracks, a 2020 spin-off of the self-serve flat-rate bar nomuno. All-you-can-drink wine and pasta.

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Draft Hofbräu on tap, draft beer, and sours — all pay as you go. Easy on the wallet at around 600 yen a round.

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Fresh sashimi and seafood snacks pair with draft beer, shochu, and sours — all under a thousand yen. A true senbero tachinomi spot.

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Chair-free tachinomi on the third floor of Tokyo Midtown Hibiya. Kappo-style dishes from wild fish from around ¥500; junmai sake in soba cups, 108ml for ¥500. Vessels include works by Living National Treasures and Rosanjin. Seated sister shop next door.

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Sendai-age, yakitori, sashimi, and nikomi — this taishu sakaba covers all the bases. Snacks start at ¥520, perfect alongside a hoppy or draft beer.

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Beer bar with a bookshop in Kikukawa, Morishita. The owner, a former editor who also brewed beer, hosts frequent talks with editors and writers.

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U-shaped-counter bar near Kikukawa Station. Natural wine, local gin and warm drinks like hot sake and hot Campari, with light snacks and dagashi sweets. Gin and wine to take home. No reservations.

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Brewpub between Morishita and Kiyosumi-Shirakawa. House-brewed beer and seasonal food, collab brews with neighborhood restaurants and guest-chef pop-ups. A one-liter mass is on the list.

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Kiyosumi-Shirakawa shop and kakuuchi styled as a 'pharmacy of a liquor store.' A pharmacist versed in Chinese medicine picks restorative drinks, with Japanese craft gin and house-blended herbal teas. Monthly distillery nights.

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Oyster sakaba 2 minutes from Kudanshita with 16 seats plus standing space. Raw oysters from 275 yen, oyster fry and hotpot. Sake, wine and Hoppy; set dinners Tuesday–Thursday. First anniversary March 2026.

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Tachinomi by Kudanshita exit 5 with two shifts: lunch with coffee by day, drinks and snacks by night. Taco rice is the summer fixture. The shop appears on the cover of the manga Stand Up.

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Ishikawa craft beer, local specialties, and soft serve — all from ¥400. A tachinomi worth knowing.

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Standing-style bar on the 1st floor of Kyobashi Edogrand. Three daily obanzai with seafood small plates—cold tofu, bonito, raw shirasu—and limited craft beers. A smoking-permitted venue with an English menu.

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Standing bar three minutes from Tokyo Station's Yaesu north exit, run by seaweed grower Sea Vegetable. Every dish features seaweed, from aonori-dusted fries to aonori burrata. Seaweed ramen Tue–Wed lunch. Cashless only.

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Standing sake bar 'Nihonshu Bar Kawaguchi Saketen' in Nihonbashi near Tokyo Station. Junmai sakes from across Japan rotate daily, paired with anago. Sashimi and other snacks; menus are viewed on your own phone.

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Liquor shop and kakuuchi in Misuji, Taito-ku. Bartender Sorato Nomura, who spent about seven years behind London bars, selects Japanese gin, whisky and bottled cocktails, including Fukagawa Distillery's Tsuburo. Snacks from 100 yen; daytime drinking too.

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A liquor-store kakuuchi with draft beer, simmered motsu, beef tongue, and gyoza to keep you going.

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Kakuuchi inside the wine shop on the 1st floor of atré Ueno EAST. About 600 wines, sommelier-chosen glasses in-store, plus sake and an original craft beer. BYO to the adjoining restaurant is allowed.

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A proper Showa-era tachinomi where drinks and snacks run from ¥100 to ¥450.

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Standing bar in Ginza 3-chome founded 1989. Asahi Jukusen on tap, with whisky, cocktails and wine. Every January 5 a lion dance visits and guests receive 5-yen coins purified at Zeniarai Benten. A sister bar in 6-chome.

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Draft beer and natural wine, with snacks like stew and liver running from ¥200 to ¥1,800 — a tachinomi that keeps things honest.

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Kojiya Sanshiro's sake shop between Higashi-Ginza and Shintomicho. No big brands—only regional sake and shop-exclusive bottles. Sake, shochu, wine and doburoku with seafood snacks, standing. Also co-develops with small breweries and sells fresh koji.

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Skewers, oden, sake, craft beer — this tachinomi taishu sakaba covers all the bases.

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Brasserie in Higashi-Ueno near Inaricho, sister to Asakusa's Ludique. Casual French eaten standing, wine by the glass. Daily lunch on weekdays; exhibits yearly at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi's France fair.

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Tachinomi in Nihonbashi-Muromachi near Mitsukoshimae. Snacks that combine three ingredients, using seasonal seafood like matsutake, sweet shrimp and buri. Motsu-ni and cheese omelette too, sours to drink; collaborations with a sushi chef.

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Small bistro and natural-wine spot in Higashi-Ueno, about 9 minutes from Ueno Station, listed as a standing wine bar. Guests stand close together, DJ gear sits on the table, and outdoor drinking is welcome. Joins events with the pastry-and-wine shop trois doigts.

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Tachinomi in a back street 2 minutes from Ningyocho and Suitengumae. Kyushu seafood and house-made gyoza, plus oden. Seventeen standing spots on the 1st floor, 24 table seats on the 2nd; online reservations.

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Tachinomi in Shintomicho. Fresh sashimi and karaage from 80 yen with sake and sours. Sister shops: an oden bar and a fish-deli-charcoal spot. Running a reduced menu since July 2026 due to staffing.

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Sake, beer, and cheese — all under one roof. Drinks run ¥300–¥850, and it's pay as you go.

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Tachinomi inside Ueno's Ameyoko Center Building. Known for Japanese whisky—Yoichi, Miyagikyo, Shizuoka—plus sake. Dishes include simmered kinmedai head and pork belly skewers; a sister karaoke bar nearby.

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