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Shimbashi & Shiodome, Tokyo

Salaryman Tokyo after dark. Izakaya and ramen counters tucked under the JR tracks, with the Shiodome tower plaza and its winter illumination a few minutes south.

How I use Shimbashi & Shiodome

Under the Yamanote tracks, yakitori smoke and draft beer since the occupation years. This is where office Tokyo actually drinks, and at 7pm on a weekday it is the best free theater in the city. Nobody performs for tourists here because nobody expects you.

What Shimbashi & Shiodome is known for

Shinbashi is where office Tokyo actually drinks: under and around the Yamanote tracks, decades-old yakitori joints and standing bars fill with salarymen from about 6pm, cheap beer and grilled skewers under the girders. It's also a transport pivot, the terminus of the driverless Yurikamome line out to the Odaiba waterfront.

Getting to Shimbashi & Shiodome

Shinbashi Station is served by the JR Yamanote, Keihin-Tohoku and Tokaido lines, the Tokyo Metro Ginza line, the Toei Asakusa line, and the Yurikamome line to Odaiba. It's one stop from Ginza and two from Tokyo Station.

Come at 7pm on a weekday for the best free theatre in the city, the after-work crowd spilling out of the track-side bars. Nobody performs for tourists here because nobody expects you.

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What to eat & do in Shimbashi & Shiodome

I've vetted 16 places in Shimbashi & Shiodome myself, including 3 for ramen and 4 for bars & izakaya. Each one in the guide carries the nearest station and exit, what to order and the reservation reality.

The full names and the exact directions open in the full guide, that specificity is the whole product.