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STREET IN NAKAMEGURO
Ebisu, Meguro and the south
The area immediately to the south of Shibuya has, of late, become one of the
most fashionable in the city - a maze of chic cafés, tiny clothing boutiques,
and lunchtime specials of foreign and fusion cuisine. Like Shibuya, Ebisu is
best visited at night, when its many bars and restaurants are at their liveliest.
It is also home to the former Yebisu brewery (the old transliteration of Ebisu
lives on in the name of the beer), now developed into the Yebisu Garden
Place complex, where you'll find the excellent Tokyo Metropolitan Museum
of Photography. Head uphill to the west of Ebisu and you'll hit Daikanyama,
one of Tokyo's most upscale districts and a great place to chill out at a
pavement café or browse boutiques. Dip downhill again to explore a rather
more down-to-earth version of the same in Nakameguro, whose cherry
tree-lined river banks are prime strolling territory.
