Foodie Trek: Japan – Shinjuku’s Omoide Yokocho

“Dining at Memory Lane (Omoide Yokocho) is not for everyone. If you like perfectly clean and quiet restaurants, formal, polite service, and non-smoking establishments, you’ll be out of luck here. This is where you come to experience izakaya dining at its most raucous and informal. This is an evening or nighttime experience; forget about coming here for lunch. Squeeze yourself into a tiny, smoky, counter seating-only bar with years of accumulated soot and grease on its walls. Order a beer and some grilled meat skewers, and talk to the folks next to you. It’ll be a night to remember.” Source: https://trulytokyo.com/omoide-yokocho/

Fyi: Memory Lane is not the most colorful name used for this area.

Official Website: https://en.shinjuku-omoide.com/

Tokyo Cheapo Info: https://tokyocheapo.com/place/omoide-yokocho-piss-alley/

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