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Spend one evening living the after-work life of a Tokyo office worker, with a guide who is one. Your host works at a Tokyo company by day and is also a government-licensed National Guide-Interpreter.
Shimbashi is where Tokyo's office workers eat and drink after work, and we follow their routine: a small sake tasting at a standing bar to start, then dinner the local way, with simmered stew and fried plates under the railway tracks, skewers off the grill elbow to elbow with office workers, and a small bowl of ramen before the last train.
Food and drinks are included as much as you like: we keep ordering until you are full. Drink at your own pace, sake, beer, highball or soft drinks. Small group.
On weeknights the bars fill with office workers after work. Saturday nights are a little more relaxed, with neighborhood regulars.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
Please don’t worry — we’ll exchange our contact information in advance through WhatsApp or another app.
Itinerary
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1Shinbashi
We meet at 6:30 PM at SL Square, as the offices empty out, and start the way office workers do: with a small energy drink from the convenience store, downed in one. Then up into a 1960s building behind the station, to a tiny standing bar pouring sake. You taste three small glasses side by side with a couple of bites, and the first kanpai comes with one rule: you never fill your own glass. Now it's your turn to pour for the person next to you.
30 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2
Now dinner starts. A busy, no-frills izakaya under the railway tracks, where office workers stop on the way home. Dishes come fast, such as crispy fried noodles, the house slow-simmered stew, a mini cutlet skewer and ginger tempura, with a cold beer, a highball or a lemon sour. Now it's your turn to eat like a regular.
55 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3Odaiba / Shiodome / Shinbashi
Next, skewers off the grill, elbow to elbow with Shimbashi office workers. This is where the night loosens and the real talk starts. Now it's your turn to ask whatever you want to know about working life in Japan, and get the answer from someone who goes back to the office tomorrow.
50 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Shinbashi
Every Tokyo night out ends the same way: at a ramen counter before the last train. A small bowl to close the night, and one last drink if you like. Now it's your turn to finish the night the way Tokyo does. Then I walk you back to the station.
25 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Additional info
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Non-alcoholic drinks welcome for everyone — no one gets left out! (Alcoholic beverages served to guests aged 20+)
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Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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