Nightlife in Tokyo
Where Tokyo goes out — handpicked bars, clubs, live music rooms and late-night eats for any kind of night.
Top spots in Tokyo
Tsukiji Outer Market
Food & DrinkChuo
Tamagoyaki, uni rice bowls and tuna jerky at 8am.
Golden Gai
NightlifeShinjuku
Six alleys of 6-seat bars — pick one with English-friendly signage and dive in.
Best nightlife in Tokyo
12 hand-picked bars, clubs, live music rooms & late-night eats.
Bar High Five
$$$$Cocktail bar · Ginza
Hidekazu Ueno's master-bartender shrine.
SG Club
$$$Cocktail bar · Shibuya
Shingo Gokan's three-floor cocktail concept.
Bar Trench
$$$Cocktail bar · Ebisu
Tiny Trench Walk apothecary cocktails.
Womb
$$$Club · Shibuya
Famous four-floor techno club.
Contact
$$Club · Shibuya
Underground house & techno.
Blue Note Tokyo
$$$$Live music · Aoyama
Premier jazz club, international acts.
Liquidroom
$$Live music · Ebisu
Indie/rock venue.
Golden Gai
$$Pub · Shinjuku
200+ shoebox bars in six alleys.
Piss Alley (Omoide Yokocho)
$$Pub · Shinjuku
Smoky yakitori-alley drinking warren.
Two Rooms Bar
$$$$Rooftop · Aoyama
Aoyama rooftop with skyline view.
Ichiran
$Late-night eats · Shibuya
24-hour tonkotsu ramen booths.
Tsukiji Outer Market
$$Late-night eats · Tsukiji
Pre-dawn sushi & street food.
Where to eat
Sukiyabashi Jiro Roppongi
$$$$Sushi · Roppongi
The Roppongi outpost (the main shop stopped taking foreigners) — book through hotel concierge.
Den
$$$$Modern kaiseki · Jingumae
Zaiyu Hasegawa's playful tasting — Dentucky fried chicken in a real bucket.
Ichiran Shibuya
$Ramen · Shibuya
Solo-booth ramen — order via vending machine, customise everything.
Narisawa
$$$$Innovative tasting · Minato
Forest-on-a-plate tasting — bread that bakes at the table.
Tonkatsu Maisen Aoyama
$$Tonkatsu · Aoyama
Former public bathhouse turned tonkatsu temple — get the kurobuta loin.
Live & on stage
Fuji Rock Festival
Naeba Ski Resort · Jul 24–26 · Festival
Summer Sonic Tokyo
ZOZO Marine Stadium · Aug 15–16 · Festival
Blue Note Tokyo
Aoyama · Year-round · Jazz
Frequently asked
- Standouts include Tsukiji Outer Market, Golden Gai. The list mixes cocktail bars, live-music rooms and dance floors so you can build a full night without leaving the neighbourhood.