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Nakame Takkyū Lounge
LOUNGE
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Takkyū
(table tennis) is serious sport in Japan, but this lounge draws a hip young
crowd rather than real players (though some are suprisingly good!). It's in an
apartment building (the one in back) to the right of a parking garage; ring the
doorbell for entry.
( 1-3-13 Kami-Meguro, 2nd fl, Lion House Naka-Meguro; admission ¥500;
7pm-2am Mon-Sat;
Hibiya Line to Naka-Meguro)
18
Kinfolk Lounge
LOUNGE
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Sip mojitos under wooden rafters in this dim, moody lounge run by custom bicycle
makers Kinfolk. From Naka-Meguro Station, cross Yamate-dōri and the river, then
take the first left. It's a few minutes' walk on the left, up a rickety metal staircase
above a restaurant.
(
5499-8683;
http://www.kinfolklife.com/tokyo/
; 2nd fl, 1-11-1 Kami-Me-
guro, Meguro-ku;
6pm-midnight;
Hibiya Line to Naka-Meguro;
)
19
Ebisu Tachinomiya
BAR
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This old-school
tachinomi-ya
serves inexpensive
yakitori
(grilled chicken skew-
ers) and
chūhai
(cocktails made with
shōchū
, a distilled grain liquor). Try the
kingyō
, a
chūhai
spiked with chilli peppers and
shisō
(perilla) leaves. There are
seats on the 2nd floor.
(
3791-4194;
www.tachinomi-ya.com
; 1-1-6 Ebisu-minami, Shibuya-ku;
drinks from ¥390;
5pm-1am, to midnight Sun ;
JR Yamanote Line to Ebisu, west exit)
20
What the Dickens!
PUB
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This British pub is a long-time favourite of down-to-earth expats and cosmopolit-
an Japanese. The beer and pub grub are well up to scratch and local bands play
nightly. It has an unlikely location inside a building that looks like adobe decor-
