Shinjuku - Tokyo - page 193

Rummage through Don Quijote

Back on Yasukuni-dōri, you can't miss the fluorescent-lit bargain castle that is
Don Quijote ( 5291-9211; www.donki.com ; 1-16-5 Kabukichō, Shinjuku-ku; 24hr;
JR Yamanote line to Shinjuku, east exit) . It's filled to the brink with weird loot.
Though it's now a national chain, it started as a rare (at the time) 24-hour
store for the city's night workers.

Raise a glass in Golden Gai

This is Tokyo's most ambient cluster of watering halls, a colony of narrow
two-storey wooden buildings that was a black market in the post-WWII years.
Each closet-sized bar is as unique and eccentric as the 'master' or 'mama' who
runs it. While many give tourists the cold shoulder, Araku ( ht-
tp://www.facebook.com/bar.araku ; 2nd fl, G2-dōri, 1-1-9 Kabukichō, Shinjuku-ku; cover charge
¥500;

8pm-5am Mon-Sat; JR Yamanote Line to Shinjuku, east exit) is a friendly place

with a groovy interior.

Go for late night rāmen

A late-night bowl of rāmen is a beloved Tokyo tradition. Nagi ( www.n-nagi.com ;
2nd fl, Golden Gai G2, 1-1-10 Kabukichō, Shinjuku-ku; rāmen from ¥750; 11.30am-3pm &
6pm-5am Mon-Sat, to 2am Sun; JR Yamanote Line to Shinjuku, east exit) , in Golden Gai,
serves highly-addictive noodles in a dark broth deeply flavoured with niboshi
(dried sardines). Look for the red sign and the treacherous flight of stairs.