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Small craft beer and gin bar in Nishi-Ikebukuro with six counter and nine table seats. Nine domestic and overseas taps chosen by the two owners, lit bright so you can see the beer's color. Occasional collab brews.
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Small tachinomi in Ikebukuro known for chicken shumai and steamed dishes. There's a 2nd floor, but normally only the 1st operates; a few times a month the 2nd floor opens for yakitori nights. Closures posted monthly.
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House-brewed craft beer and barbecue at a tachinomi bar with its own brewery on-site.
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Tachinomi in Minami-Ikebukuro, opened December 2023. Four featured dishes rotate daily—potato salad and spaghetti salad with changing fillings (eel, mentaiko) are regulars; carnitas tacos on Tuesdays. Sister shops Salt and Arashi.
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Tachinomi 1 minute from JR Itabashi, opened February 2024. A smoking-permitted bar that welcomes solo and first-time guests. Check seat availability by Instagram DM; open late.
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Standing bar 3 minutes from Otsuka, opened September 2024. Usually run solo by the owner as a place where solo drinkers mix; not a hostess-style bar. Business days posted monthly.
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Italian wine and cheese, priced anywhere from ¥100 to ¥2,000 — tachinomi style.
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Small tachinomi at NAMACHAn Brewing's second brewery on Sunroad, 3 minutes from Shiinamachi's north exit. House beer, domestic and imported craft, and smoked snacks from the company's own smokehouse. Bottles for sale too.
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Fish-and-sake tachinomi on the ground floor of a building at Ikebukuro west. Sesame-dressed kanpachi and shrimp-mayo spring rolls are regulars, with rarities like tuna crown in sesame oil. No reservations.
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Seven-seat tachinomi in an alley by JR Itabashi Station. Pickle sours are the signature, with a focus on sake and natural wine. Offal sashimi and small sashimi platters for solo drinkers. Cash only.
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Oden, canned goods, and mac salad on the counter — plus yakitori and stew always on hand. Shochu and Hoppy start at ¥250.
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Tuna-only tachinomi at Ikebukuro west. Every dish uses tuna, led by a cup of bluefin bought at Toyosu each morning by a certified tuna grader. Branch of the Shiinamachi original; try the ginger highball.
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A standing sushi and wine bar in Ikebukuro: sake and wine with sushi, plus a cheese selection.
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Fresh sashimi, simmered seafood, and more — all from ¥450. Draft beer and hoppy on tap too.
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A tachinomi in Ikebukuro with highballs, cheese and bar snacks from ¥350.
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Ticket system, everything ¥350. Sashimi, fried bites, even made-to-order steak — this tachinomi has your drinking food covered.
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Cheap, quick, and no fuss — just the kind of tachinomi you duck into for a fast drink.
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Tachinomi in Nishi-Ikebukuro with a counter for about 18. Seafood, motsu-ni and other snacks with beer and shochu from the 200-yen range. 'Good sake, cheap' is the pledge; the master posts daily picks on his blog. Old-school atmosphere.
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Cheap sashimi and stewed dishes washed down with beer or sours — a proper tachinomi where most snacks start from the ¥100s.
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Blue-and-white tachinomi at Ikebukuro east modeled on a southern island. The Blue Heaven house cocktail is the signature; most drinks and snacks are ¥300, and staff cook Filipino dishes. Terrace out front.
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Fresh sashimi, simmered dishes, tempura — a solid spread of snacks, all priced from around ¥100 to ¥1,000 at this tachinomi.
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Feels like a Showa-era candy shop, with drinks starting at ¥250 and a full senbero menu to boot.
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Kakuuchi at a regional-sake shop 30 seconds from Oyama north exit. Unfiltered, unpasteurized and seasonal limited sakes anchor the shelves, with Zaku, Kangiku and Tenmei, plus craft beer and whisky. Brewery tastings.
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Small tachinomi in Oyama opened 2015. Tempura in the 300-yen range and draft beer; selling vacuum-packed New Year tuna is a year-end tradition. Sister shops Zou and Chakkaman. After a half-year break in 2026, hours are still irregular.
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All ages welcome — the master's easy warmth is what keeps people coming back to this tachinomi.
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Yakiton tachinomi where motsu skewers and liver start at ¥450. Best enjoyed with a beer or Hoppy.
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Taproom at a small brewery founded 2018, 5 minutes from Itabashi-Kuyakushomae. House beers rotate on tap; cans and growler fills for takeout, and cans are delivered nearby by tuk-tuk.
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A snack and a beer for ¥550 — this tachinomi keeps things easy with pay-as-you-go.
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Hoppy from ¥350, snacks well under ¥2,000 — a proper senbero tachinomi spot where regulars feel right at home.
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Fresh fish and local chicken sashimi, self-serve style — solid tachinomi with plates starting at ¥490.
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Tosa sake and regional dishes in a casual kakuuchi standing format. Sashimi and snacks on hand, with craft beer and sours from around ¥2,500.
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A liquor shop in Waseda: retail by day, kakuuchi by night with beer, sake, shochu and simple snacks at low prices.
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Vegetable-forward bar on the 2nd floor of a back-street building 3 minutes from Nishi-Sugamo. Dishes like cheese-mapo eggplant, with all-you-can-drink plans from 1,000 yen for two hours. Reopened September 2026.
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Old-school kakuuchi vibes — rare sake poured alongside tinned snacks.
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Tuna tachinomi two minutes from Shiinamachi. The owner, a certified tuna grader, buys bluefin at Toyosu every morning; a cup of bluefin for ¥199 is the signature, the ginger highball a favorite. Sashimi to go.
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Craft beer, kakuuchi-style, with gyoza and other snacks — a natural gathering spot for beer lovers.
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Tachinomi Banpaiya at Sugamo's north exit. Stews, sashimi and tempura from 90 yen with cheap drinks, from a chain that pitches itself as the first stop of the night.
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