Pub Crawls in Japan: the 15 Worth Booking

1.Tokyo Bar Hopping Tour in Shinjuku (All-You-Can-Drink + Dinner)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3,587 reviews · from $106Our pick

Join a guide such as Yusuke, Yohei, Mao, or Momo for three hours of food, drinks, and local stories in Shinjuku. You’ll visit Omoide Yokocho, Kabukicho, and usually Golden Gai, with snacks, photographs, and help ordering in small bars.

“We had a great time with our guide and another two couples. It was a great way to see different areas where there was a lot of nightlife, without worrying about finding a table or going into the wrong place. Our guide was very friendly and knowledgeable!”

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2.Shibuya Meltdown Nightlife Tour: All-You-Can-Drink Bar Hopping

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,058 reviews · from $106

Meet near Hachiko and follow a local guide through Shibuya’s tiny izakayas, indoor yokocho, and late-night bars. You’ll share Japanese food, enjoy several drinks including an all-you-can-drink stop, and may finish with karaoke. Guides such as Naoki, Mayu, Daichi, and Lisa are praised for making newcomers feel at ease.

“I was the only one on the tour but the tour guide was great and he taught me a lot about Japan! Good food and drinks”

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3.Osaka Bar Hopping Night Walking Tour in Namba (3 bars, 6 tastes)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 958 reviews · from $98

Spend about three hours walking through Namba and Hozenji Yokocho with a small group of up to seven. Your guide handles Japanese menus and orders while you sample local food and drinks at three nightlife stops. Guides such as Mina, Taku, Mari, and Yuko have helped make this a lively evening.

“Mina did a great job! we loved hanging out w/ her. we had a great time going to three different experiences that highlighted how amazing Osaka is.”

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4.Pub Crawl and Bar Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 951 reviews · 5 hours · from $27

Join guides such as KT, Leah, Crystal, or Andrew for five hours through Roppongi bars and clubs. You’ll get welcome shots, discounted drinks, games, photos, and entry to a final dance club. Expect a large international group, late hours, and plenty of chances to meet people.

“The bar crawl was so much fun. The group was huge, about 70 people and we filled up every bar. The games were fun and there were tons of shots being poured. Would highly recommend.”

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5.Kyoto Bar Hopping Night Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 613 reviews · from $105

Spend three hours walking from Gion Shijo Station through Pontocho and Kiyamachi, stopping at three local izakayas and bars. Your MagicalTrip guide may be Yumi, Nami, Noriko, Yaya, or another certified host. Expect 3 to 4 drinks, a full dinner of 3 to 4 dishes, Kyoto sake, and plenty of neighborhood insight.

“Loved our bar hopping tour , went to some great restaurants and met some wonderful people , Great way to see some of the back streets 🍷”

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6.Tokyo Pub Crawl

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 604 reviews · from $25

Start at Bar Propaganda in Roppongi at 7 p.m. and spend about four and a half hours moving through partner bars and a club. Hosts such as KT, Mai, and Andrew help solo visitors mix in, while welcome shots, bottle shots, drink discounts, games, and free club entry keep the night social and affordable.

“Great choice if you want to meet a lot of people and get drunk. The staff are very accommodating but also know how to have fun, so you know you're in good hands. Lots of alcohol involved, so you can trust that your glass will never be emptyRead more”

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7.Shinjuku Bar Hopping with All-You-Can-Drink & Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 440 reviews · 3 hours · from $108

Spend three hours walking Shinjuku’s Omoide Yokocho, Kabukicho, and Golden Gai with an English-speaking guide such as Yuki, Yosh, or Naoki. You’ll eat local izakaya dishes, enjoy drinks at three bars, and get an easy introduction to Tokyo nightlife without planning each stop yourself.

“Yuma was a really great guide. This was my second time attending the tour. Yuma showed us some really nice and interesting places, gave us her recommendations on food and drinks at each bar. Was really easy to talk to aswell. It was a great night.”

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8.Namba Pub Bar Crawl with a Local Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 424 reviews · 3h 30m · from $30

Spend 210 minutes walking through Osaka’s Namba nightlife with an English-speaking guide such as Miki, Takeshi, Hiyori, or Edward. Visit three different bars, share an izakaya meal, taste sake, beer, shochu, plum wine, and whisky, and get help ordering in Japanese.

“Great time taken to some cool spots. The guide was amazing too”

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9.Kyoto Local Bar Crawl in Kawaramachi Area

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 378 reviews · from $28

Spend three hours with a local guide such as Taiga, Mia, Moto, or Kazuma, moving from an izakaya to a sake stop and a small Kiyamachi bar. You’ll try yakitori, karaage, sake, and other drinks while meeting a small international group. Food and alcohol cost extra, so budget carefully.

“Excellent tour. Taiga took us to places you will not find yourself and made sure the entire group felt comfortable all along. Can recommend especially for solo travellers!”

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10.Guided Pub Crawl

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 331 reviews · 5 hours · from $23Best value

Join guides such as B, Ryan, Tony, Brandon, or Tommy for a five-hour Osaka night out. Start at Voyager Lounge, visit three or four bars, collect welcome shots and discounts, then finish at a dance club. Bring photo ID, dress properly, and expect a social evening built around meeting people.

“This is excellent. The guides are great but more importantly, the venues are perfectly selected so that they ramp up in intensity throughout the evening - this is the kind of bar crawl that I try to plan with my mates back home and never quite manage to pull it off, can’t recommend it enough.”

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11.Osaka Pub Crawl and Nightlife Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 293 reviews · from $23

Start at Voyager Lounge Shinsaibashi at 7 pm with hosts such as Tony, B, Andy, Ryan, or Tommy. Visit at least three bars, collect a welcome shot at each, play party games, then finish at a nightclub. Expect a social, mostly international crowd and extra drink costs.

“This event was billed as up to 50 people, but the organizers said they expected 100 people to show up, which was WAY too large. It also felt like a bit of a money-grab. The "shots" that are included with the admission fee were about the size of a thimble; drink deals at each location threaten to $10-you to death. Not only that, women on the tour have no protections from slobbery, drunken men putting their hands all over them, and several were seriously harrassing a young woman we met on the pub crawl. We went as a couple, but the woman we befriended could not get certain guys to…”

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12.Sapporo Bar Hopping Food Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 232 reviews · from $108

Join a small group of up to seven for three hours of izakaya hopping in central Sapporo. A local guide such as Midori, Kay, Aika, or Ayumi handles translation, introduces Hokkaido specialties, provides three drinks and 3 to 4 dishes, and sends tour photos afterward.

“Really fun and informative bar hopping tour with great great local ladies, Midori and a trainee named Koto. The venues were great, food was good and filling and the drinks were flowing. These gals could definitely hold their own. This was a fantastic introduction to the local bar scene”

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13.3-Hour Tokyo Pub Crawl Nightlife Welcome Guided Tour in Shibuya

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 209 reviews · from $46

Meet at Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu at 7 pm for a three-hour crawl through two to four bars and clubs. You’ll receive free shots between venues, buy your own drinks inside, and meet international visitors with a guide such as Yuri-san.

“It was great fun and it was interesting to actually go out with some people local. There genuinely isn't any more to say but I cant post a shorter review ;)”

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14.Osaka Local Bar Crawl in Dotombori & Uranamba Area

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 199 reviews · from $26

Walk from the Glico sign and Hozenji Temple into Uranamba’s local izakaya scene. Over three hours, guides such as Yui, Hitomi, Taiga, Naoko, and Soma lead you to Japanese bars for yakitori, karaage, gyoza, sashimi, takoyaki, sake, whisky, and cocktails. Food and drinks cost extra.

“This tour was pretty average. Our guide, Taiga, was entertaining and showed us some neat spots around Dotombori, but we found the food and drinks to be overpriced. For example, at the last stop, some of the drinks were ¥3,000 each, which is what we expected to pay for the whole night… I would strongly recommend checking the prices before ordering anything, just to be safe.”

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15.Shinjuku Local Bar Hopping Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 186 reviews · from $118

Join a small group for three hours in Shinjuku, moving from Omoide Yokocho to Kabukicho and Nishishinjuku. Guides such as Haru and Yo lead you to local izakayas, serve five dishes and several drinks, and finish with four sake tastings. Two start times make planning easy.

“It was just Yo and I . He showed me some really cool spots in Tokyo. We ate, sang karaoke. It was rainy, but didn't bother me. We also went to a Saki bar!!!”

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