I visited Golden Gai in July, 2015
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I mostly sat alone with my beer, listening to my friend and the bartender speak Japanese. Neither of them spoke much English, it was easier for them to converse in Japanese I guess.
Bar number one
I visited the Warrior Celt in Ueno, Tokyo several times in March 2014.
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Trains in Tokyo don’t run at night. If you are out drinking and miss your last train home you can take a taxi if you live close, or find another place to sleep.
A capsule hotel is one solution. Another is to find a bar which allows their patrons to sleep at the table.
The following episode happened in the Gion District in Kyoto in October, 2012.
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We left the bar disappointed. When you enter a bar called the Basement Rock Pub, you have certain expectations. Rock music over the PA is one. What you don’t expect is to find a bar on the fourth floor playing only jazz. We had one beer before we left.
The streets of Kyoto.