"Yakitori Alley" in Yurakucho

Casual eats Japanese style

Louise Archer Jul 21, 2014 - 1 min read

<p>Friendly service, beer, Sake & Yakitori - A perfect end to a busy day</p>

<p>Looking towards Yakitori alley from Yurakucho station side</p>

<p>Yakitori Alley - Casual dining in Yurakucho</p>

<p>English menu at at least one place, although mostly locals frequent these bars</p>

<p>Rain or shine, the friendly service keeps on keeping on!</p>

<p>Keeping a watchful eye on the patrons</p>

<p>Sake poured into the glass and then overflowing into the saucer - drink both of course!</p>

Yurakucho station is one stop south of Tokyo Station along the JR Yamanote Line. It is also next to the glitzy Ginza district with all its high class shops, restaurants and entertainment. One of the lesser known attractions is a little street known as "Yakitori Alley". It’s underneath the railway tracks full of little tiny bars (yakitori-ya) where you can get a beer, some yakitori, and relax after a long day of sightseeing.

These bars are on either side of the railway lines below the tracks and are usually full of Japanese, occasionally a foreigner, but not so much.

Louise Archer @louise.archer

I am an Aussie expat (ex Sydney, Perth, ex UK) living in rural Japan. Im very passionate about people seeing more of Japan than the big cities, which are wonderful places, but there are so many hidden treasures in the countryside and lesser known regions. For the three years I have been living he...