Standing Bars in Itabashi

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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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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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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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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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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Brewpub in a log-cabin-style house by the Saikyo Line near Jujo. Standing bar downstairs with the brewhouse at the back; house beers like a hazelnut porter and skewers, with sake from Mitsumasu liquor store. Tables upstairs.

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Ramen, a highball, and a snack — all in for ¥2,490. A solid tachinomi spread that hits all the right notes.

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Tachinomi by Jujo Station. A ¥300 spring roll started it all and nearly everything is homemade. Draft beer in thin glasses, house lemon sours, a handful of sakes served piping hot, and house coffee shochu.

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Mega mugs and bar snacks from ¥100 — all the tachinomi classics, done right.

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Toridoll-run Tachinomi Banpaiya on the 1st floor of Suzuki Building, Kami-Jujo 2-chome. Cheap drinks, sashimi and stews, open from early afternoon.

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Tachinomi 3 minutes from Higashi-Jujo's south exit. The master, from Yanbaru in Okinawa, keeps it a quiet place to drink. A 1,000-yen senbero set and house-made stew; a few chairs are free to use.

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Kushikatsu and simmered motsu are the move here — wash them down with a highball or lemon sour. Prices run a very reasonable 280 to 580 yen.

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Open late into the night — a lively tachinomi spot that draws a younger crowd.

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Tachinomi 3 minutes from Higashi-Jujo's south exit. Tosa cuisine and seared bonito, with sashimi and fried dishes. The owner plays in a band; regulars run the shop for a day and curry events are frequent. Closures posted on Instagram.

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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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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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Ticket system, everything ¥350. Sashimi, fried bites, even made-to-order steak — this tachinomi has your drinking food covered.

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Sake or doburoku in hand, snacks like stewed motsu and cheese from the food truck — all for a coin or two at this open-air tachinomi.

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Standing oden bar run by a kamaboko shop in Kishimachi, Oji, by the station. Fish-cake oden—chikuwabu, hanpen—with sake, plus simmered Oyama chicken. Open from midday; takeout available.

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Oji branch of Akabane's Tachinomi Ikoi. Motsu-ni and snacks around 200 yen, with items like sukiyaki-style black spring rolls and black-pepper mushroom ham. Heated tobacco only.

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Kakuuchi at a local-sake shop over 70 years old in Kirigaoka, Kita-ku. Hard-to-find sakes, an annual original sake made with a brewery, and tastings and sake-navigator courses led by the SSI-certified third-generation president.

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Kakuuchi 'Mimasu no Tonari' beside Mimasu Saketen in Kirigaoka, Akabane, a liquor shop since the 1950s visited by brewers nationwide. Limited collaboration sakes; the third-generation president is an SSI-certified instructor who runs tastings and pop-up kakuuchi.

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Yakitori and kakuuchi under one roof — a down-to-earth tachinomi that regulars keep coming back to for the honest prices.

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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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House-brewed craft beer and barbecue at a tachinomi bar with its own brewery on-site.

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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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Feels like a Showa-era candy shop, with drinks starting at ¥250 and a full senbero menu to boot.

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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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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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