TOKYO FOOD TOURS | EAT YAKITORI
Yakitori or grilled chicken skewers is a common food item that is eaten with alcohol. Yakitori is usually bite sized chicken that can consist of breast, thigh, skin, liver or other innards. Yakitori is often served at izakayas - or drinking establishments in Japan, but some of the best one’s can be found in yakitori-ya or establishments that specialize in yakitori. This tasty, juicy meal is a staple food for salary-men across Japan. After a hard days work, salary-men in Japan might go to an izakaya to loosen up and socialize with their co-workers which is most definitely accompanied with some beer and yakitori.
For any vegetarians, you can still enjoy yakitori by ordering things such as skewered shishito peppers, enoki mushrooms, mozzarella cheese and cherry tomatoes.
Tokyo food tour: Enjoy yakitori
Places to go for Yakitori:
Omoide Yokocho in Shinjuku:
Omoide Yokocho or piss alley is famous for having many small yakitori-ya (with some seating just 5-6 people at a time) in one small corner of Shinjuku.
1 Chome-2 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-0023
Gado-Shita and areas around JR Yurakucho Station:
Around the JR Yurakucho Station there are many small izakayas and yakitori-ya restaurants that are packed away underneath the railroads.