Yakatori Alley, Shinjuku, 2007©janneserojasYakitori Alley, also known as Omoide Yokocho, or as the locals delightfully call it "Shonben Yokocho" (piss alley). It's really not like that though. It's what you expect when you go to Asia, small eateries in tiny alleys. Yakitori Alley, is just that, a winding alley filled with small yakitori stalls, where most can only accomodate about 5 to 6 people at most. Mostly locals go there, but on occassion you will see a foreign face squished in the back chugging back an icy cold one, or a delicious sake to go with there tempting meat skewers, yum! Yakitori Alley is hidden between the train tracks and Shinjuku station, so it's easy to miss. Head here any time of the day or evening they are open 24 hours which is great if you missed the last train home and don't want to spend 10,000Yen on a cab.
Getting there: Get out the west exit at Shinjuku station walk towards the Epson sign along Otakibashi-Dori until you get to the corner of Yasukuni-Dori, hang a right you'll see the elevated train with the underpass right in front of you, about 20-30 feet from the corner you will see an alley on your right (look for restrooms sign) walk up this alley and it will lead right into Yakitori Alley.
3 comments:
Great description! We are in Tokyo now and went here last night. There seemed to be a big difference in what was served between stalls. We did not know what we were ordering and ended up eating chicken kidneys, thighs, and plain skin on a stick. They had no eigo (English) menus!
Thanks for the tip, I'm going to try food from this alley in May.
I was there last Oct but didn't even know of this little gem.
Going to Tokyo in 2 week's time and will definitely follow the directions given by you! =)
Thanks for the tip, I'm going to try food from this alley in May.
I was there last Oct but didn't even know of this little gem.
Going to Tokyo in 2 week's time and will definitely follow the directions given by you! =)
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