Tokyo’s Hottest Spot: All-You-Can-Drink Sake with 100 Varieties for Just NT$979

Reported and photographed by Reporter YouT ● / Tokyo

Tokyo has recently introduced a popular new way to enjoy sake, where shops offer over a hundred varieties of sake from across Japan with an “all-you-can-drink standing bar” service. There’s no time limit—you can drink to your heart’s content, come and go as you please, and even bring in your own food. It has quickly become a favorite spot for Japanese people to gather after work.


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The all-you-can-drink sake experience featuring over a hundred varieties is available at three locations near Tokyo. For just around NT$979 per person, you can enter and freely sample the sake of your choice. The reporter personally visited the Asakusa branch to take photos and try the experience. After confirming the number of guests at the counter, the shop provides sake glasses and hands out a menu featuring over a hundred types of sake. That’s when the “seated” tasting begins.

Unlike traditional Japanese izakayas, the focus here is on the “experience” of tasting a wide range of sakes rather than drinking heavily. Upon entering, guests stand and sample sakes. The shop offers a curated selection from all over Japan, including fruit sakes ideal for women, as well as ginjo and nama sakes from various breweries. Based on origin, flavor profile, and customer preferences, staff can recommend suitable options. Guests simply grab their glass and help themselves from the refrigerators, enjoying a delightful sake night.


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Since the emphasis is on the experience, the shops have even put a fun twist on Japan’s traditional “toast culture.” Guests are periodically called upon to perform the “water toast.” When prompted by staff, everyone must raise their water glasses and finish their water in one go. The shop explains this is to prevent excessive drinking while also keeping the atmosphere lively.

The reporter sampled various sakes, and the shop recommended that female customers try the Hyogo Prefecture’s Jin’ya Daiginjo, Shimane Prefecture’s Iwami Yamasan Tokubetsu Honjozo, Hiroshima Prefecture’s Honshu Muroka Honjozo, as well as black sugar plum wine and banana sake. These are all smoother, more refreshing options. Fruit and black sugar-flavored sakes tend to be sweeter. Alternating small sips among different kinds proved to be quite an enjoyable experience.


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In addition to the fixed selection of a hundred sakes, some shops occasionally offer special brews and flavors such as milk sake or black tea sake, depending on their curation style. It’s important to note that all-you-can-drink sake should never be consumed excessively, and absolutely no one should leave the venue intoxicated—repeat offenders may be banned.

● ET News Cloud reminds you: Don’t drink and drive, and don’t drive after drinking.

All-You-Can-Drink Sake Experience
Shibuya: 3F, 2-9-10 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Ikebukuro: 4F S&K Bldg., 3-27-3 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Asakusa: B1F, 1-43-10 Asakusa, Taito-ku, Tokyo
Booking website:https://www.klook.com/zh-TW/activity/907-sake-all-you-can-drink-tokyo/