15 near Asakusa Sta.
Part of the Asakusa area. Listed by walking time from Asakusa Station.
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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Craft beer specialist in Asakusa focused on UK breweries. Frequent new arrivals and brewery tap takeovers, with cans to go.
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Raw meat dishes and ¥350 beers — this easy-going tachinomi spot even does highballs for ¥150.
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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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Cash-only kakuuchi where you pay as you go — sake, draft beer, and simple snacks, no fuss.
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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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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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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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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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Rare sakes and quirky small plates — a tachinomi where sake, highballs, and wine all share the spotlight.
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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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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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Antiques-and-bar 'tea-sake house' behind Senso-ji. Beer, sake, wine and highballs among old objects, standing. Same group as cafe&bar MEDIUM in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa; original tenugui and goods for sale.
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Tachinomi on the 1st floor of a yellow building in Asakusa 4-chome, open from morning for daytime drinking. Yakitori and snacks at the counter; solo guests welcome, reservations taken around Tori-no-Ichi. Hour changes posted on Instagram.
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