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Tokyo by neighborhood — each area has its own story, from shitamachi residential pockets to weekend-suburb daytrips. Curated by Asakusa Boy, 15 years living in Tokyo's shitamachi.
- Kita-Senju 5
Old-school izakaya, sento, working-class shitamachi
- Asakusa & Kuramae 16
Shitamachi craft district — temples, jazz kissa, leather & paper workshops
- Yanaka, Nezu & Sendagi 5
Temple town, cats, hilly old-Tokyo lanes
- Jimbocho & Kanda 2
Used books, curry, jazz kissa, student-town gravity
- Ikebukuro & Mejiro 3
Ramen battlefield, anime/manga subculture, late-night Sunshine City
- Shibuya 8
Backstreet izakaya, jazz kissa, and small cafés a block off the scramble
- Shinjuku 10
Tokyo's biggest station and the alley bars hiding behind it
- Ginza 9
Backstreet izakaya, jazz kissa, and matcha cafés a block off Chuo-dori
- Roppongi 4
Hilltop museums by day, backstreet izakaya by night
- Tokyo Core 2
Quiet residential pockets — Asagaya kissaten and Okusawa tavern
- Kichijoji & West Suburbs 2
Park town, indie cafes, vintage records — and the rural-Tokyo escape further west
- Shimokitazawa 5
Vintage clothes, indie theater, late-night live music
- Sangenjaya 3
Coffee, izakaya alleys, Setagaya residential cool
- Nakameguro & Daikanyama 4
Specialty coffee, cherry-blossom canal, design boutiques
- Jiyugaoka 5
Patisserie heaven, slow residential Saturdays
- Futako-Tamagawa 6
Riverside park, suburb shopping, open sky
- Shinagawa & Gotanda 5
Quiet south Tokyo — old Tokaido inn town, hidden izakaya pockets
- Ota & Kamata 3
Sento capital, working-class izakaya, Haneda gateway
- Koto & Toyosu 3
Waterfront warehouses, Toyosu market, Fukagawa shitamachi