Standing Sake Bars in Tokyo - ANAGURA 窖, KIMIJIMAYA 君嶋屋, SUZUDEN 鈴傳 - 日本酒

Let's go to recommended sake stores (standing bars), and try paid sake tasting!
Standing bars are much more reasonable than typical seating style places.

The reason is that customers don't want to keep standing and staying for long periods of time, and they often come and out, so that the bars can reap profits, and offer drinks at competitive prices.

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ANAGURA 窖 in Asakusa 浅草 Tokyo
KIMIJIMAYA 君嶋屋 in Tokyo
1. KIMIJIMAYA 君嶋屋 in Ginza 銀座 Tokyo
2. KIMIJIMAYA 君嶋屋 in Ebisu 恵比寿 Tokyo
SUZUDEN 鈴傳 in Yotsuya 四谷 (Shinjuku 新宿) Tokyo

ANAGURA 窖 in Asakusa 浅草 Tokyo

Specialty
This small store is located in a popular sightseeing place Asakusa 浅草 of Tokyo 東京, and specializes in a sake brewery Isokura-Shuzo 磯蔵酒造 of Ibaraki 茨城 Prefecture.

They offer several kinds of paid sake tasting at this standing bar in the store.
3 kinds of sampler 1000 yen

No cover charge / No service fee
Tax is included in 1000 yen.
cash on delivery
They don't offer lunch and dinner.

You can buy a bottle to take with you when you find your favorite one if you want.

They sell high quality sake cups and vessels.

This shopping room is small but good atmosphere like a cave.

Asakusa 浅草 is a famous sightseeing place in Tokyo. When you go there I recommend you stop by this sake tasting shop.

Store name
ANAGURA 窖

Business Hours
11:00 am - 6:00 pm

稲里の蔵元茨城県笠間市稲田の酒蔵 - 磯蔵酒造

創業明治元年、茨城県笠間市稲田にある酒蔵です。「地元の水・米を地元で酒にし、地元で飲んでもらう」にこだわり、「稲里」(いなさと)を酒銘に「米の味と香りのする、日本酒らしい日本酒」を造り続けます。

ANAGURA is a souvenir and liquor store. It is not a type of bar restaurant.

You can see TOKYO SKYTREE in front of the shop and Sensoji Temple 浅草寺 is very close.

Photos and information of Anagura are as of in 2018.

KIMIJIMAYA 君嶋屋 in Tokyo

Specialty
Their standing bars offer so many kinds of sake and wine. A glass of drink costs mainly between 300 and 1000 yen.

KIMIJIMAYA 君嶋屋 in Ginza 銀座 Tokyo

Open: 11:00 am - 7:30 pm

Ginza branch opens all year round except year-end through New Year holidays.

KIMIJIMAYA 君嶋屋 in Ebisu 恵比寿 Tokyo

Open: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

This shop is located on the 4F of the West hall of the station building Atre アトレ, not main building.

Sightseeing around Ebisu 恵比寿

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SAPPORO BREWERIES

The official web site of Sapporo Beer. Providing corporate data and information on the brewery & museum.

Store name
KIMIJIMAYA 君嶋屋

横浜君嶋屋 - 横浜君嶋屋

横浜君嶋屋は、明治25年(1892年)創業、地酒、日本酒、焼酎、ワインを中心に取扱う食中酒専門・お酒のセレクトショップです。横浜本店、銀座店、アトレ恵比寿店、飲食店様向けの業務配送、新着情報、イベント情報、今月のおすすめ、オンラインショップもご利用ください。

(in Japanese)
There are 3 branches. (Ginza 銀座 and Ebisu 恵比寿 of Tokyo 東京, Yokohama 横浜 of Kanagawa 神奈川 Prefecture) The head shop in Yokohama closes on Sundays and national holidays.

Actually they are liquor stores. So, you can buy your favorite bottle after tasting if you want.
They offer only a bite to eat. They don't offer lunch and dinner.
Cash on delivery

KIMIJIMAYA shops are actually liquor stores. They are not bar restaurants. You shouldn't get drunk too much in the store.

Photos were taken in 2015 - 2016. Information is as of March 2019.

SUZUDEN 鈴傳 in Yotsuya 四谷 (Shinjuku 新宿) Tokyo

Specialty
This liquor store specializes in fresh local sake, and carries out thorough quality control of it when they stock their store. Some types of sake require a refrigerator to stock even if they are not opened yet.

For example. Namazake 生酒. (Nama Sake)
This type is not heated for pasteurization when it is made in a sake brewery and requires refrigeration. When I went to the store I saw many kinds of Namazake in the refrigerators.

If you want to try more natural sake flavor, please ask the staff.
"Namazake wa doredesuka?" "生酒はどれですか？"
"Which one is Namazake? "

This places are both sake store and standing bar restaurant.

This bar is compact and their bar space is sometimes cramped. So, you shouldn't go there with a large group. (1 or 2 persons are the best.) The store and bar rooms are connected inside.

They sell many kinds of local sake and offer standing bar and food services. A lot of inexpensive Japanese style foods are displayed on the shelve. So, you don't need to read a menu in Japanese. This system is good for non-Japanese speakers.

Foods cost between 380 and 480 yen. Alcohol beverages cost 350 yen to more. Sake menu is available on the website (in Japanese)

Please point to the sake menu on the wall (or on the website) and food you want to try.
"Korekudasai" "これください。"
"I will take this, please."

This food is boiled firefly squid ホタルイカ with special sauce. There is no texture of squid bone when you are eating. It is soft and tasty.

Store name
SUZUDEN 鈴傳

Business hours
Standing bar:
4:30 pm - 8:30 pm on Weekdays

Store:
9:00 am - 8:30 pm on Monday through Friday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm on Saturday
Sunday, national holiday and 3rd Sunday are closed.

地酒専門店鈴傳（すずでん）公式サイト

新宿区四谷にて日本酒、焼酎を販売しております「鈴傳（すずでん）」は、徹底した品質管理と豊富な品揃えで、皆さまをお待ちしています。

(in Japanese)

Cash on delivery
No service fees / No cover charge
Prices are including tax.
Smoking is allowed.
Water is free of charge and self-service.
Dishes, glasses and bottles should be returned on the table near the small kitchen space when you leave.

Let's hang out with local people in the standing bar!
This place is unknown to tourists.

The nearest station is Yotsuya 四谷 Station. It is located several stations from Shinjuku 新宿 Station.
Why don't you go there after sightseeing around Shinjuku 新宿 area of Tokyo?

Sightseeing around Yotsuya 四谷

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden 新宿御苑

Photos were taken in 2016.

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