Recommendation: Places to Drink

1.       Kenzo’s Bar (Golden Gai, Shinjuku)

This bar is located at Golden Gai, near the east side of Shinjuku Station. The specialty of this bar is the pattern of the furniture in the bar. The owner of this bar loves leopard pattern, as written in https://fastjapan.com/en/p108638. Also in this bar, you can enjoy rock music, political talks, and stage plays from the 80’s. For those who are interested in this leopard and want to enjoy the 80’s ambience, do come and visit this bar.(Estimated costs for both food and drinks : 2000 yen)


Source: https://fastjapan.com/en/p108638

 2.       Neko Bar (Akanasu)

This bar is located at Ekoda Station. People who love cats will surely love this place, because they can enjoy drinking liquor with the cats. This bar also serve pizza, pasta, and cheese platter, as written in https://hubjapan.io/articles/3-best-cat-izakaya-in-tokyo-for-your-unique-nightlife. The cats roam around the room and they can also sit on your lap. But, be careful. Because these cats will get mad if you touch them when they’re in a bad mood. (Estimated costs for both food and drinks: 2000 yen)


Source: https://www.geek.com/geek-cetera/11-of-the-weirdest-bars-in-japan-1618110/

 3.       Kayabukiya Tavern (Utsunomiya city)

This bar is located at Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture. Although this bar looks just like any other bars, with a wooden door and happy customer’s pictures on it’s wall, this bar has something unique. If other bars have human as their waitresses, then this bar have monkeys as their waitresses. Their names are Yat-chan and Fuku-chan. They will take your orders and will deliver it as soon as they can. But of course, you need to give them their rewards, boiled soybeans. Surprisingly enough, the owner didn’t exactly train them, but these monkeys learn how to serve customers just by looking at the owner. And the owner limit the monkey's working time to only two hours, as written in http://travel.spotcoolstuff.com/unusual-restaurant/japan/kayabukiya-monkey-waiters. (Estimated costs for both food and drinks: 2000 yen)


Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKDH4JZKWKE

References: 

https://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/09/10/top-10-drinking-districts-in-tokyo-as-recommended-by-japanese-locals/

https://hubjapan.io/articles/3-best-cat-izakaya-in-tokyo-for-your-unique-nightlife

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/drinks/the-worlds-most-weird-and-wacky-bars/kayabukiya-tavern/