Best of Yurakucho, Tokyo ● 有楽町

► Yurakucho is a typical Tokyo area in the sense, that around the station, everything is very organised, modern and clean.
But just a few minutes walk away from the station area, reveals "organised chaos" around a bunch of oldfashioned Japanese waterholes.

First half of the video i'll show you the "official" Yurakucho that most tourists sees, with the "Marui" department store, the Bic Camera flagship store, Muji, cafes, etc.

The last half of the video, i'll show you a hidden "yokocho" (drinking alley) - a very long and narrow alley, running under the railway bridge. It is rather difficult to find, you have to go into a small tunnel passage that connects the east- with the west-side, and halfway through this (very smokey) tunnel, there is a tiny, tiny doorway, that leads to this long drinking-alley which is essentially also a tunnel. ( -and a real firetrap too!)

This is however an amazing place, to go for a cheap, big, cold beer, yakitori sticks, gyoza or a big plate of fresh, generously cut sashimi. - Enjoy!