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Best Hoppy Street Izakayas in Asakusa, Tokyo

Best Hoppy Street izakayas in Asakusa for shochu-and-Hoppy highballs, nikomi, motsu, yakiton, daytime drinking, exact shop pins, and casual old-town crawls.

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Best Hoppy Street Izakayas in Asakusa, Tokyo

Guide: Best Hoppy Street Izakayas

Asakusa's Hoppy Street is a row of distinct taverns centered on Hoppy mixed with shochu. Order more shochu as naka and more bottled Hoppy as soto; typical plates include gyusuji or motsu nikomi, yakiton, horumon, potato salad, and ham katsu. Shops differ in hours, smoke, crowd, and seating.

  • ShochanShochan is a first Hoppy Street pub when the goal is old Asakusa rather than a generic pub: a small, no-reservation beef-nikomi room with terrace seats on good-weather days and a Tabelog 100 izakaya selection in its history. Go early, expect a compact stay, and treat the weather note seriously because the shop operates partly like an open-front stall.
  • SuzuyoshiSuzuyoshi is a Hoppy Street classic for beef tendon, motsu, grilled tripe, and fresh hoppy energy, with enough seats to feel more like a full tavern than a squeeze-in counter.
  • MotsukushiMotsukushi is a motsu-heavy Hoppy Street pub with long daily hours, weekend morning openings, and a menu of stew, skewers, and rounds of hoppy. The food supports either a snack or a fuller casual meal.
  • Asakusa Sakaba Okamoto Hoppy-doriOkamoto's Showa-leaning Hoppy Street branch has long hours, roughly 100 seats, terrace energy, beef-tendon motsu stew, and spicy horumon. Its scale handles groups better than the lane's tiny counters, with more noise in return.
  • TonpeiTonpei is a strong middle-ground Hoppy Street pub: classic izakaya hours, weekend late-morning opening, Wednesday closure, and the kind of straightforward counter-and-table setup that works for skewers, stew, and a second round.
  • Okamoto Asakusa HontenOkamoto Honten keeps the nikomi-and-hoppy story closer to a neighborhood original than the larger branch, with daily service and weekend 10 AM openings that suit Asakusa's daytime drinking pattern. Put it in the crawl for the Okamoto flavor but not necessarily the biggest room.
  • Asakusa Sanchan Yokocho Hoppy-doriSanchan Yokocho is a flexible Hoppy-dori pub for groups seeking late-enough hours, clear last orders, and a less precious version of the lane. It is not as storied as Shochan or Suzuyoshi, but it is useful when the crawl needs capacity and direct Hoppy Street placement.
  • Sakaba YamakashotenSakaba Yamakashoten is an all-day Hoppy Street izakaya serving hoppy, simmered stew, and quick shared plates from 10 AM to 11 PM daily. Its address directly on the drinking lane makes it easy to settle in without overplanning the crawl.
  • Taishu Sakaba Ricchan Hoppy-doriRicchan is a late- Hoppy-dori pub, opening later on weekdays and running past midnight on the current listing. Keep it near the end of a crawl when the classic daytime rooms have already made their point and the group still wants one more casual round.

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