What to do and see in Kanto, Japan: The Best Beer Tastings & Tours

July 25, 2021 Brain Ambrose

Discover the best top things to do in Kanto, Japan including Tokyo Local Food and Drink Experience with a Bar Hopping Master, Tokyo Hidden Izakaya and Sake Small-Group Pub Tour with Local Guide, Asakusa Bar Hopping Night Food Walking Tour through Nakamise Shopping Street, Smappa!Group❌Licensed Guide Kabukicho Shinjuku Nite Experience Tour(Tokyo), Yokohama Bar Hopping Food Tour, Tokyo Insider Sake Tasting Walking Tour, Private Tour: Chartered Car to Mt. Fuji Lake Kawaguchiko or Hakone and Lake Ashi, On The Rocks' Tokyo Bar Crawl, Evening Tokyo Walking Food Tour of Shimbashi, 1-Day Tokyo Bus Tour.
Restaurants in Kanto

1. Tokyo Local Food and Drink Experience with a Bar Hopping Master

Okachimachi Station, 5 Chome-27 Ueno, Taito City, Tokyo 110-0005, Japan Beauty of Japan
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5.0 based on 20 reviews

Experience the local bars of Tokyo's Ueno, Shinbashi, or Ikebukuro neighborhoods like a local and experience a side to Tokyo that visitors rarely see on this 2-hour tour. With a local guide, visit three traditional izakayas, small, local bars that serve drinks and small plates of Japanese food. Sample typical drinks and cuisine and perhaps get to know a few of the regulars.

Inclusions: One drink and two dishes, or two drinks and one dish at each bar, Tour guide

Exclusions: Additional food and drinks, Transportation to/from bars

Reviewed By Glenn B

We cancelled the tour in advance and have NEVER been refunded the payment, my advice to anybody is to avoid at all costs this tour

2. Tokyo Hidden Izakaya and Sake Small-Group Pub Tour with Local Guide

Shibuya City, Tokyo, Japan Pick n GO Tokyo
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Explore Tokyo's fun side and experience hidden Izakaya bars with a local well-known guide during your 2.5-hour pub tour. Izakaya is the term for a Japanese-style pub where people go after work for casual drinking. Catch the train (own expense) to some of Tokyo's nicest izakaya pubs and enjoy your evening like a local. Your guide will translate the menus and help you to choose tasty food and drinks at each pub (own expense). Your small-group tour is limited to 12 people, ensuring a personalized experience. Come see and taste Tokyo through the eyes of a true local.

Inclusions: Tour guide

Exclusions: Food and drinks, Transportation to/from attractions, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Reviewed By toddhJ8679NI

Unbelievable. Maeto was an epic guide who showed us the gems of Tokyo. He was funny and energetic and made it feel like we were having a friend showing us around town. Definitely worth every penny.

3. Asakusa Bar Hopping Night Food Walking Tour through Nakamise Shopping Street

Kaminarimon Police Box, 1-chōme-3-3番1号 Asakusa, Taito City, Tokyo 111-0032, Japan Magical Trip
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-Start your night food and barhoping journey- At night, the busy streets in Asakusa transforms into a bar hopping food & drink adventure. We will take you through hidden food and drink spots near Kaminari Gate and show you local favorites in Nakamise shopping street for you. -Get Asakusa Local Street Food through Nakamise Shopping Street!- After drinking, head off to some local favorite and historically significant locations and enjoy a hearty Japanese meal engrained in Japanese food culture that will leave you satisfied! -Grab a fortune and Let's drink!- Grab a drink at Hoppy Street like a local, and head off to Kamiya Bar, the oldest existing bar in Tokyo. You can enjoy the famous "Denki Bran", a STRONG cocktail. Your guide may also take you to the mysterious Ninja Bar! Magical Trip is a local tour operator with the TripAdvisor certificate of excellence that offers various types of small-group tours throughout Japan! Check out our Trip Advisor Page for more tours and our reviews!

Inclusions: 1 drink, Tour Photos, 3 hours with a local guide, Hopping various local places with a local guide

Exclusions: Please bring cash for the food and drinks after the first bar. Probably you will spend around ¥3,000-¥4,000.

Reviewed By wwtara

Fantastic virtual tour! The guide, YH, was a delight, full of knowledge, laughter and fun anecdotes. We were complete Sake beginners and learned so much. The material is well prepared and very personal with many opportunities for questions. I cannot wait to visit in person!

4. Smappa!Group❌Licensed Guide Kabukicho Shinjuku Nite Experience Tour(Tokyo)

CHAMPION, 1-chōme-1-10 Kabukichō, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0021, Japan Licensed Guide Volunteer Group in Shinjuku Walking Tour
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Licensed Guide Volunteer Group is a tour guide organization of Nationally certified guides, and Smappa!Group, which runs six male social salons( host clubs) in Kabukicho, release the world's first Kabukicho nightlife tour for tourists overseas. ★We would like people all over the world to come to know Japanese style social salon( host club culture )and services that have originated and continued to develop in Japan, and to enjoy these new entertainment spots. Here in Japan, not just women, but also men from various industries visit these clubs as social gathering places for ladies and gentlemen to exchange ideas and relieve their stress. Even if you have a dangerous impression of Kabukicho or host clubs, you do not have to worry about anything! A licensed guide takes you to the host club, where you can relax, and they will remove the language barrier problem. Additionally, the guide would explain the history of Kabukicho and host clubs, and how to enjoy these places.

Inclusions: You enjoy watching Champagne call show. After that you are able to have it., Refreshments, softdrinks, beer, whiskey, wine, cocktails and so on.

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Reviewed By Z6456UPmichael

Terry can lead you to interesting and safe places in Kabukicho without any of the hassle that you’ll get from unlicensed people who will approach you. Worth your time.

5. Yokohama Bar Hopping Food Tour

Sakuragichō Station, Japan, 〒231-0062 神奈川県横浜市中区桜木町1丁目1 Magical Trip
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-Visit old Japanese Izakaya, and "Kanpai (cheers)" with a local guide Let's Kanpai with all the guests and have drinks, matched up with the best local Japanese tasty dishes! -Let's decide where our next bar-hop will take us, based on our secret ‘Magical Trips’ map!” We've prepared a secret special bar hopping map focused on the Noge area. This ‘Magical Trips’ map will help us decide where to eat and drink next, depending on our moods, preference, and curiosity! - Later at night, we’ll go pub crawling to the last spot to get into the local bar and keep drinking! Noge is very famous for its Japanese standing bars. All of the standing bars are authentic, casual and local! Let's stroll around the moody, atmospheric streets and enjoy drinking at the last spot! Magical Trip is a local tour operator with the TripAdvisor certificate of excellence that offers various types of small-group tours throughout Japan! Check out our Trip Advisor Page for more tours and our reviews!

Inclusions: 1 food set & 1 drink at 1st Izakaya (Bar restrautant)

Exclusions: Foods & drinks at 2nd, 3rd Bar and Restaurant

Reviewed By wwtara

Fantastic virtual tour! The guide, YH, was a delight, full of knowledge, laughter and fun anecdotes. We were complete Sake beginners and learned so much. The material is well prepared and very personal with many opportunities for questions. I cannot wait to visit in person!

6. Tokyo Insider Sake Tasting Walking Tour

Yoshinoya, 2-chōme-9-18 Yūrakuchō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan Magical Trip
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-Kick-start the Tokyo sake tour with 3 cups of Japanese sake We will head to our first Sake store. Here, you will learn the basics of sake and sample different kinds. Then let's explore Ginza and admire iconic landmarks such as the Kabuki Theater. -Explore the refined Ginza district and crawl for more sake We step forward to Kabuki Theater and find two sake stores. In one store you can try 3 sake from local small sake brewers, or in another store where you can try 3 kinds of high-grade Daiginjo sake. -Finale at a stand-up sake bar with 2 appetizers! At the last sake store, let's taste 3 more different sake and enjoy pairing these with 2 delicious appetizers. This is where local business people show up to have some booze after work. Magical Trip is a local tour operator with the TripAdvisor certificate of excellence that offers various types of small-group tours throughout Japan! Check out our Trip Advisor Page for more tours and our reviews!

Inclusions: Total 9 kinds of Japanese sake, 2 appetizers, Hopping 3 sake bars, Photos during the tour

Exclusions: Additional food and drinks (available for purchase)

Reviewed By wwtara

Fantastic virtual tour! The guide, YH, was a delight, full of knowledge, laughter and fun anecdotes. We were complete Sake beginners and learned so much. The material is well prepared and very personal with many opportunities for questions. I cannot wait to visit in person!

7. Private Tour: Chartered Car to Mt. Fuji Lake Kawaguchiko or Hakone and Lake Ashi

Tokyo Star Agency
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5.0 based on 97 reviews

A full day to take the best shots of the scenic Mt Fuji and have cultural experiences. In this activity you can choose on either spending the day around the most popular Lake Kawaguchi and five lakes of Mt Fuji, starting from a perfect shot at the Arakurasengen Park for a panoramic view of Mt Fuji and the five-story pagoda on your background etc,. The other choice will be Hakone well-known place for its hot spring resort, Hakone Shrine with its torii gate standing on the Lake Ashi where cruising is also recommended and ride a ropeway to reach for another scenic view from 1327 meter high. Your guide will be picking you up at your requested central location in Tokyo at 8:30 am. Lunch will be served with the local traditional dish of the region at your expense. Please tell us how you would like to spend your day and we will be happy to give you the best of it.

Inclusions: Hotel pickup/drop-off, Round-trip private transportation by air-conditioned minivan, Private guide (English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean professional guides are available), One bottled water per person

Exclusions: Entrance fees (hot spring, museum etc.), Food and drinks, Lunch

Reviewed By Tinalyon75

We had an Excellent experience and Ken was really accomodating. My family and I would highly recommend this trip for people of any age. He spoke very fluent English which made our experience enjoyable and overall a day well spent!

8. On The Rocks' Tokyo Bar Crawl

Japan, 〒150-0042 Tokyo, Shibuya City, Udagawachō, 13−11 KN渋谷1ビル On The Rocks Bar Crawl
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4.8 based on 73 reviews

Filled with back-street bars, theme venues, and more, Shibuya is the heart of nightlife in Tokyo and has a nightlife scene that matches its diverse city culture. If you’re new to the city, then head out on this Tokyo bar crawl to discover the city’s go-to drinking dens and meet likeminded revelers at the same time. Speedy entry to select venues, discounted drinks, and at least four free shots are included. A pro photographer will also tag along to capture your night out on camera.

Inclusions: A free shot at every venue, Free entry to all venues, Profesional photographer, Exclusive reduced drinks deals at every venue

Exclusions: Transport to/from the crawl, Drinks (except for the free-shots and cheaper drinks)

Reviewed By Olioliooliooioioipok

...and I owe it all to youuuuu! No but seriously, such a great night out. I did this tour ages ago but saw some photos the other day that made me remember how amazing it was. I was a little nervous to be honest because I was a solo female but the guides, Pukka and Kate, made me feel so comfortable and I had SO MUCH FUN. I made friendships I’ll keep in contact with for years to come and memories I will never forget. Basically, if you want a night out in Tokyo, this is the only one to consider!

9. Evening Tokyo Walking Food Tour of Shimbashi

2-chōme-7-1 Shinbashi, Minato City, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan Arigato Japan Food Tours
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A highly recommended MUST DO activity if you want to avoid the “touristy” areas! Go to local spots and try different kinds of seasonal and authentic dishes for an unforgettable culinary journey. We begin our tour by entering the chasm of eateries overrun on a nightly basis by the working class of Japan. Then we will stop for local bites and an introduction to drinking and dining culture in Tokyo, and then continue to wind our way to head to another spot that specializes in Oden, a standard of Japanese home-cooking that just cannot be missed. Then you will get to try Yakitori- world-famous Japanese meat and veggie BBQ skewers grilled over charcoal in a classic "Under the Tracks" restaurant. After, you will have a chance to indulge in a savory bowl of RAMEN. We will show you how to order, what the basics are, and help you practice your SLURPING techniques! Finally taste a special traditional dessert, where you will have the opportunity to watch this being cooked in front of you.

Inclusions: 5 Food Stops, One drink included, Dessert included, Local English speaking guide

Exclusions: Hotel pickup and drop-off, Gratuities, Transportation costs , Additional drinks or food

Reviewed By 411jacquiel

Guide was very knowledgeable and provided lots of insight into the cherry blossoms and their history and tradition

10. 1-Day Tokyo Bus Tour

LOVE Object, Japan, 〒160-0023 Tokyo, Shinjuku City, Nishishinjuku, 6-chōme−5−1 新宿アイランド Japan Panoramic Tours
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Discover Tokyo's top attractions on an 9-hour tour by air-conditioned coach that includes a cruise. See sights such as Meiji Jingu Shinto Shrine  the Imperial Palace, Senso-ji Temple in Asakusa, Tokyo Sky Tree with audio commentary to accompany your tour. You can also enjoy must-see sights in a day.

Inclusions: Local guide, Air-conditioned vehicle, Lunch (if option selected),Chanko Hot Pot(Chicken), Wi-Fi service available on the bus, Picking up from designated hotels and places (except Olympic season) : Please confirm Tour company., The admission fee for Tokyo Sky Tree (350M) and Tokyo bay cruise

Exclusions: Food and drinks, unless specified, Gratuities, Hotel drop off

Reviewed By MarvieC

JAPAN LAND SERVICES did a great job assisting us for the whole duration of trip in Japan. Thanks Yukio-San!

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