27 places you must eat and drink at in Tokyo.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

Sample specialties from Xinjiang at this Shinjuku neighborhood gem.

Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.

This retro café is a remnant of Japan’s post-war Argentine tango craze.