A Real Japanese Pub in Shibuya

Vibrant, lively, fun, faddish, crowded, cramped, and busy...the streetwise love it! Shibuya is another shopping and entertainment district situated in the west of Tokyo. Since the emergency of "kogal culture" in the the 1990's, Shibuya, especially center streets and countless department stores, is filled with youngsters. But, here in the Pub Fujiya, you will find good old Shibuya.

Now, if you are up for real Tokyo Shitamachi style bar, and you can forget about all the grossy push attractiveness and stand by salarymen drinking, eating, and communication with Japanese, this is the right place for a visit.

Descending the stairs that leads to the underground floor, you will see the crowd of salary men standing by the counter that surrounds the kitchen. The peices of paper pinned to the wall all around the store are the menu. The menu is large and there is no English translation so it would be wise to bring your Japanse language book to make some order. The menu consists mostly of special of the day, from sashimi, salad, stewed fish to tempura. As for alcohol, they have the usual suspects: beer, sake, shochu, and chu-hai (the shochu cocktails).

When I went with my friend, we ordered a large bottle of sapporo beer (shockingly cheap 450yen), mixed vegetable tempura (200yen), tuna sashimi (350yen), boiled tofu (200yen), fried pork (2ooyen) and walked out satisfied with only 1400yen bill! The food was all freshly cooked in the open kitchen, the portion was impressively big, and the service is very good. No wonder it's the hot spot for afterwork salarymen. It's cheap, tasty, and a lot of fun.

Address: Shibuya Sakuraokacho 2-3 B1F

Tel: 03-3461-2128