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Venue types we cover — independent of neighborhood. Curated by Asakusa Boy, 15 years living in Tokyo's shitamachi.

• Kissaten 7

  Showa-era Japanese coffee shops, still serving.

• Jazz kissa 3

  Listening bars where the records are louder than the room.

• Bars & speakeasies 4

  Unmarked doors, neighborhood standing bars, late-night counters.

• Bookstores 4

  Bookstore-cafés where you can read while eating.

• Cafés 12

  Modern cafés worth a return visit.

• Specialty coffee 3

  Third-wave roasters and the bars they pour from.

• Ramen 13

  Bowls worth the wait, from tonkotsu to tsukemen.

• Izakaya 14

  Counters, charcoal, hot sake.

• Restaurants 45

  The kind of dinner a friend would actually send you to.

• Galleries 3

  Small rooms, independent shows.

• Shops 4

  Tools, paper, and small craft.

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