Bars & Nightlife · Asakusa

Kamiya Bar 神谷バー

Japan's oldest Western-style bar, founded in Asakusa in 1880, famous for Denki Bran, its amber brandy-based liqueur sipped with a beer chaser among chattering locals since the Meiji era.

About

Kamiya Bar has stood at the corner by Asakusa Station since 1880, when Kamiya Denbei opened a liquor shop and began serving his own 'Denki Bran', an electric-sounding brandy cocktail named in an era when electricity was the height of modernity. Writers such as Dazai Osamu and Hagiwara Sakutaro drank here, and the bustling ground-floor hall still feels like a Showa beer hall: buy meal tickets at the entrance, share tables, and order Denki Bran (30 or 40 proof) with a draft beer chaser. Upstairs is a Western-style restaurant. It is cheap, loud, very local and a perfect end to a day around Senso-ji.

Highlights

• Founded 1880, Japan's oldest Western-style bar
• Signature Denki Bran with a beer chaser
• Showa-era beer hall with shared tables
• Haunt of Dazai Osamu and other writers
• Next to Asakusa Station and Azuma Bridge

Tips

• Closed Tuesdays (check the calendar for extra closures)
• Buy tickets at the entrance counter before sitting
• Denki Bran is strong: try the 30-proof version first
• Cash is easiest
• Bottles of Denki Bran make a great souvenir

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