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Recommended: Ogikubo Ichibe
Chow down and drink up -- Ogikubo Ichibe's friendly staff will happily talk you through their huge sake collection.
Ogikubo Ichibe is an old-style izakaya where you settle down on a little cushion on the tatami floor, where the walls are covered by calligraphied sake menus and nihonshu labels and the staff feel like a family, according to Tokyofoodcast.com writer Etsuko Nakamura.
“That is what makes this place so special and keeps their regulars coming back,” she says.
Ogikubo Ichibe is not the kind of place you take your new in-laws to if you're trying to impress. But if you're looking for a simple, comfortable izakaya, plus one of the largest sake selections in town, squeeze in, settle down and enjoy.
Open Monday - Saturday, 5-11:45 p.m. Ogikubo Ichibe, 3/F, Daiichi Ogawara Bldg, 1-13-3 Kamiogi, Suginami-ku, tel. +81 (0) 3 3220 2952, www.ichibe.com
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