Ueno Local Food Journey: Discover Authentic Bars, Restaurants and Ramen Shops
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637 Ratings
Taito City
Escape the tourist areas in Ueno and embark on a local food journey. Discover authentic bars, restaurants, and ramen shops where only locals go. Sample sashimi, grilled fish, skewered meat, and unique Japanese alcoholic drinks.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Ueno District - I am going to teach you about Japanese alcoholic drinks and foods you’ll be able to experience what Japanese taverns are like.

I’ll explain all dishes I order and you can pepper me with questions - ask me anything you want to know about the food and drinks on the menus of the places we visit!

Afrer we have fun in a couple or three of my favourite and the most outstanding taverns, we will head to a ramen shop.

What's Included
  • Receive a complimentary souvenir porcelain cup to use during the tour
  • Enjoy a delightful dinner
  • Savor 5 different drinks throughout the tour
Additional Information

ESCAPE THE PACKED TOURIST HUBS where swarms of people never seem to end!

My tour takes you around Ueno, a less crowded region compared to Shibuya and Shinjuku and lesser-known by tourists. It’s a favourite spot amongst Japanese food lovers for its high-quality food at affordable prices. We’re off to popular local-only bars and restaurants (NO TOURISTS!!) where only Japanese is spoken. I’ll be ordering the speciality dishes, and we can engage in conversations about the food and drink (feel free to ask away).

We’ll stopover at 3 restaurants/taverns, and you can savour sashimi, grilled fish, and skewered meat. Also, you’ll get the chance to taste DISTINCT Japanese alcoholic beverages (4 or more diverse types of drinks) and understand what a real Japanese tavern feels like. After touring these three taverns, we’ll wrap up the tour at a well-liked Ramen shop amongst the locals. To conclude, I will guide you to the relevant train line entrances based on your destination.

Location
Starbucks Coffee - atré Ueno
In front of Starbucks atré beside Ueno station Hirokōji exit.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Suzanne_h
Apr 22, 2024
Great great night in Ueno. - Aki’s tour is so much fun and a good introduction into eating in areas away from the tourist path. We had lots of fun with our group and the “mystery pork”.
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Ryan_c
Apr 18, 2024
"Aki, our guide, was so... - "Aki, our guide, was so much fun! There was a lot of "kanpai's" that night as he took us to several little bars. We had a great group of travelers who quickly became friends. We ate until we were full then we all went out afterwards. Great time.
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Brianta4398tc
Apr 15, 2024
Best Ueno Food and Drink tour! - Akira was the best guide ever for our Ueno dive bar experience. Not only was he charming and funny, he enlightened us thoroughly on Japanese food and culture. He took us into fun places we never would’ve found on our own, with excellent food and drinks. I never expected the multi coarse dinner we were treated to, followed by all the fun found after that. Come hungry! Highly recommend this tour!
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226linm
Apr 12, 2024
Highly recommended!!! - We had an amazing time in ueno. We walked around while listening to Ari tell us about the history of the food and the surrounding buildings, in total we visited three restaurants. We started drinking as soon as we met haha. Although we had a relatively large group (12 ppl), Aki and KiKi took good care of us and made sure everyone enjoyed the experience!
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Theroguediplomat
Apr 10, 2024
The highlight of my time in Japan - This was the highlight of my trip! I was alone in town for the weekend, and I'm so glad I booked this. Our guide was humorous and high-energy, and being with a group of about six people wandering around town gave us the opportunity to bond. We enjoyed delicious food and saw a bit of the town. I did a similar activity the following day, and it was not nearly as fun as this one. For the amount of food we had at the price, it was a great deal. Highly recommend and many thanks! Tip: The meeting place is just outside the train station, which is a MASSIVE station. You'll have to follow signs throughout the station, but give yourself enough time in advance.
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Josh_e
Apr 8, 2024
Tasty walk through Ueno - Fun night of tasting local food and drink, and plenty of it. Aki is great guide with a fun sense of humor.
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Deanna_p
Apr 8, 2024
Amazing Tokyo Food Tour - This was an amazing tour. Aki is an excellent tour guide and the stops on the tour were well thought of. The food ans drinks were all great. I would highly recommend this tour for all visitors to Tokyo.
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Eric_e
Apr 7, 2024
Kanpai!! - Our tour guide was great. The food was awesome and the drinks were all you can drink. Soooo. It was great.
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Donnal_s
Apr 18, 2024
Good food tour - Good food and drink tour, host very energetic , most of the drink centered around saki though , which isn't really the only drink I wanted to sample
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Andrew_r
Apr 16, 2024
It was a fun time - Our guide was amazing and energetic and had a lot of energy, but I didn’t really think this was an all the way “eat like a local” thing. On another tour we had hibachi and yakitori. Where we cooked the food ourselves. This is huge in Japan, and don’t understand why it was left out. Also the last stop should have been karaoke. They took some really bad looking pics of us when we weren’t looking at the camera why I dropped a star.
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