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Oto
Bars and Music Clubs
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Kuu
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Antiknock
Japanese
umeshu
plum wine
is the specialty at this stylish bar
- choose from 30 varieties.
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Map A3 • B1F, 7-9-13 Nishi-Shinjuku,
Shinjuku-ku • 5348-9799
Dedicated to rock, this small
club showcases new acts, many
of them appealing to Tokyo's chic
cyber-punks.
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Map B4 • Ray Flat
Shinjuku, B1F, 4-3-15 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-
ku • 3350-6670
@
Albatross G
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Oto
The long counter, generous
space, and ¥300 seating charge
set this place apart from the
usual run of cramped Golden Gai
bars.
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Map B3 • 2F, 5th Avenue, 1-1
Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku-ku • 3203-3699
• Closed Sun • Adm
A small-capacity venue with a
big sound, Oto has a long interior
that attracts those who want to
step out to a wide range of dance
music. The bar here is decent.
Entry fee includes a complimen-
tary drink.
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Map B3 • 2F, 1-17-5
Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku-ku • 5273-8264 • Adm
£
Advocates Café
This gay bar offers happy
hour and the Sunday beer binge,
where ¥1000 gets you unlimited
ale.
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Map B3 • 7th Tenka Bldg, 1F, 2-
18-1 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku • 3358-3988
(
Kinswomyn
Managed by a lesbian
activist, this friendly, women-
only bar has an English-speaking
staff.
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Map B3 • 3F, 2-15-10 Shinjuku,
Shinjuku-ku • 3354-8720
$
Shinjuku Loft
This long-established
promoter of live rock and pop
acts is divided into a main stage
and a separate bar area.
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Map B3
• Tatehana Bldg, B2F, 1-12-9 Kabuki-cho,
Shinjuku-ku • 5272-0382 • Adm
)
Shinjuku Pit Inn
Half-price weekend matinees
are good value at this club for
serious jazz aficionados. There is
a sister club in Roppongi.
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Map
B3 • B1, 2-12-4 Accord Bldg, Shinjuku
• 3354-2024 • Adm
%
Open
This place is run by people
who set up Tokyo's first reggae
bar back in the 1990s.
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Map B4 • 2-
5-15 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku • 3226-8855
Seibu-
Shinjuku
Shinjuku-
Nishiguchi
^
Bar Plastic Model
Shinjuku
Sanchome
A 1980s music soundtrack
throbs in the background here at
one of Golden Gai's more con-
temporary theme bars.
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Map B3
• 1-1-10 Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku • 5273-8441
Shinjuku
Station
Shinjuku
Gyoemmae
Shinjuku Gyoen
Garden
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