20 within 12 min of Kichijoji Sta.
Second-floor tachinomi three minutes from Kichijoji north exit, with a parent shop in Hiroshima. Lemon sours from local lemons, Hiroshima-leaning sake and 60-plus whiskies. Sliced roast beef is the bestseller.
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Craft beer bar outside Inokashira-Koen Station with up to 15 taps including a cider and a sake. A bottle shop sells about 80 beers and natural wines; on Saturdays a coffee stand shares the space.
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Kyushu food and tamagoyaki are the draw here, backed by highballs, shochu, sashimi, and gyoza.
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Kakuuchi at a craft beer retailer in Kichijoji Honcho. Labels from Toronto's Bellwoods to Kawasaki's TK Brewing; outside food welcome. Cans and bottles to go or by delivery.
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Okinawan sakaba in Kichijoji's Harmonica Yokocho. Goya chanpuru and other Okinawan dishes, awamori and daily specials at easy prices, standing.
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Standing oden bar that Kichijoji fish-cake maker Tsukada Suisan opens after the shop closes. Kansai-style oden and fish cakes, dashi-wari and Kagetora one-cups, plus obanzai. Cashless only.
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Tachinomi in a basement 2 minutes from Kichijoji, refitted in March 2025 as a 15-seat standing counter. A 30-sake tasting plan on Tuesdays, with a women's version on Mondays. Open from noon straight through.
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Pick your wine or whisky straight off the shop shelf and enjoy it with a snack — tachinomi the way it should be.
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Great for chatting with regulars — just keep an eye on your tab.
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Fine sake from across Japan, with oden, sashimi, and other snacks — most things around 500 yen. A tachinomi worth knowing.
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A tachinomi spot where international crowds like to gather.
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Motsuyaki bar founded 1968, 1 minute from Kichijoji's south exit. Daily-bought offal is hand-skewered, grilled over binchotan and finished with house tare, 170 yen a skewer. A U-shaped counter with standing counters in the corners.
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Open until 1 a.m. — a solid tachinomi spot just a short walk from Kichijoji Station.
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Wine tachinomi in Harmonica Yokocho, 1 minute from Kichijoji. Over 40 wines by the glass with snacks like liver and cheese. Open from noon daily, in its 10th year; day and night shifts have different staff.
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Ultra-fresh sashimi, hearty nikomi, and creative drinks — a tachinomi worth coming back to again and again.
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Tachinomi in Harmonica Yokocho serving fish snacks and local vegetables. Sashimi, marinated tuna and the namesake eihire with sake. Terry Johnson illustrations on the walls; seats on the 2nd floor.
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Long-running kitchen-and-bar in Harmonica Yokocho, the 'yokocho's kitchen'. Standing on the 1st floor, seats above. Yakitori, gyoza and hot-and-sour noodles are the picks. Interior by Kengo Kuma.
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Tachinomi Banpaiya in Kichijoji's Harmonica Yokocho. Cheap sashimi and stews from midday. A Toridoll shop; most food is prepped in-house per the chain's policy.
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A tachinomi spot built around wine and cheese — easy to drop in for a quick glass at the counter.
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Beer hall in Kichijoji's Harmonica Yokocho—standing on the 1st floor, tables upstairs. Hoegaarden on tap, fish and chips and pizza, big plates to share. Calls itself a 'lively beer hall'.
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Craft beer retailer in Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, where you can drink in. About 150–200 bottles and cans and 10 taps; bring food from the shop across the street on Tuesdays, and skip the opening fee on Wednesdays.
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Gyoza, oden, cheese — the snack lineup is solid, and the sours and simmered motsu keep the drinks flowing at the counter.
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Small tachinomi in Kichijoji-Kitamachi near Mitaka, run by a 'mama'. Shochu-led, with sours, sake and wine, and daily home cooking like chicken karaage, stuffed eggplant and nikujaga. Smoking allowed.
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Simmered motsu skewers and Kinmiya shochu are the twin pillars here, with grilled skewers to keep things moving. Drinks and bites run ¥250–¥550.
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Tachinomi sakaba in Shimo-Renjaku on Mitaka's south side, sister to Oshima Sakaba. Regional sake, shochu and Asahi Super Dry, plus an 800-yen seafood set meal. A lively place that welcomes solo guests; DM reservations.
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A kakuuchi where you drink sake with fresh sashimi, standing and letting time slip by. Been here since the early Showa era.
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Yakitori, sashimi, cheese, and Hoppy — all under one roof. Snacks start at ¥400, making it an easy place to drink well without spending much.
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Small tachinomi in Yanagi-koji by Nishi-Ogikubo south exit. Opens at 8pm with daily snacks from the ¥200s, like bonito tataki and Chinese stir-fries, drinks from ¥400. Tatami room upstairs; the original Eruefuru is in Shindaita.
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Good sake, fresh sashimi, and a few small bites — the kind of tachinomi you duck into without a second thought.
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Small Italian tachinomi a minute from Nishi-Ogikubo south exit. Antipasti from the showcase and house-made cello liqueurs lead, with daily regional dishes from Sicily and beyond. Aperitivo with a free bite for the first two hours.
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Tachinomi known as 'Sa', steps from Nishi-Ogikubo north exit. Daily plates with lamb or prosciutto and lemon sours, frozen cocktails in summer. Calls itself an everyday bar. Cash only.
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Second shop of Sarekamane in Nishi-Ogikubo. Natural wine, sake and sours, with daily plates from sashimi to Moroccan stew over couscous. A few chairs; groups of about ten welcome. Cash only.
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Tachinomi right outside JR Nishi-Ogikubo south exit. Karaage is the signature, with daily obanzai like namero and oden. Akita-born staff sometimes serve damakko hotpot and Akita-style imoni.
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Standing sushi along the tracks by Nishi-Ogikubo's south exit. Wild bluefin is the signature—akami 440 yen, chutoro 660. Shiny fish from the 100-yen range, with fish from Shimokita, Hagi and the Goto Islands. Shops in Nakano and Nihonbashi too.
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Kakuuchi at a century-old liquor store on Ome-kaido in Sekimachi. Seven taps of craft beer and sake by the glass at the ground-floor counter; bottles bought in the shop are opened on the second-floor terrace. About 300 shochus.
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Kichijoji liquor shop since 1923 dealing with breweries from Hokkaido to Kyushu in sake, shochu and wine. A kakuuchi with sake flights for a 500-yen deposit, plus natural wine.
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Craft beer and Korean food, tachinomi-style — all from around ¥1,000, with plenty of pairings to explore.
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