8 Nightlife Tours in Tokyo Worth Booking

1.Shinjuku Nightlife & Secret Backstreets Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 229 reviews · 1h 30m · from $22Our pick

Walk through Shinjuku with guides such as Sota, Rinna, Akira, and Ai, visiting Omoide Yokocho, Kabukicho, Golden Gai, Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, and Hanazono Shrine. You’ll learn local customs, spot tucked-away streets, and receive food and nightlife tips during this 90-minute evening tour.

“I was lucky enough to have Akira as a guide! Super kind and well prepared, he answers to all my questions and told me interesting facts about the area. Highly recommended tour !”

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

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

Start at 7 pm near Shibuya Excel Hotel Tokyu and visit 2 to 4 bars with a group of up to 15. Hosts provide shots between stops, while you buy your own drinks inside. Yuri-san may guide the evening, with local DJs and international company along the way.

“Met up in a small bar. Advised we needed to buy a drink on entry at each place. Free drinks came out of a bottle from hosts bag. Drinks should come from the bar. Not very well organised”

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3.Private Shinjuku Nightlife Walking Tour & Golden-Gai Bar Crawl

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 50 reviews · from $217

Spend about two hours with a private guide such as Ryuto, Satoko, Celeste, Sarah, or Uri, walking through Kabukicho, Omoide Yokocho, and Golden Gai. You choose the pace and pay for drinks, food, and table charges as you go. Cash is essential.

“Celeste is an incredible host and she showed us some lovely small and hidden bars we wouldn’t have gone to otherwise. She is a lovely person and would not hesitate to recommend her.”

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4.Enjoy Tokyo’s Nightlife in Shinjuku

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 45 reviews · from $126

Spend three hours in Shinjuku with an English-speaking guide, moving from Hanazono Shrine to Golden Gai, Kabukicho, Omoide Yokocho, and a nostalgic Snack Bar. You’ll taste three local dishes, enjoy three drinks, meet local nightlife regulars, and finish with group karaoke.

“It was was great, Satoko was a fabulous guide and wonderful person. I highly recommend, we had a great time!”

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5.PUREMIE Ginza Japanese Nightlife Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 7 reviews · 2 hours · from $54

Spend two hours at PUREMIE Ginza, a high-end Japanese performance club four minutes from Shinbashi Station. Expect four daily dance performances, pole dancing, regular acts, and occasional DJs or rap artists, with premium sound equipment and staff who work hard to assist in English.

“Everyone was very nice and friendly. Really cool dance show”

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6.Explore Hidden Tokyo: Local Barhopping & Nightlife in Koenji

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews · from $61

Meet your English-speaking Goen Japan guide by Koenji Station and follow the shopping alleys to local izakayas. Taste three sakes from across Japan, try yakitori, learn night culture, and finish among Koenji’s neighborhood bars. Menus may not be in English, so bring curiosity and patience.

“Your was great. Was able to go to a few local restaurants along with learning, first hand from our guide local favorite actives and shops!”

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7.Shinjuku Nightlife Tour with Karaoke and Bar Hopping

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 4 reviews · 3 hours · from $30

Meet your English-speaking guide at Shinjuku’s East Exit Police Box for three hours of nightlife in Omoide Yokocho, Kabukicho, and Golden Gai. You’ll visit local drinking spots, pay for your own food and drinks, then finish with karaoke. Groups are limited to 10 people.

“The tour operators were kind and helpful. I feel that the advertising for the tour promised some actual enrichment about the area that we were staying and facts about Kabukicho. The actual experience was taking us from one izakaya to another without context and then a karaoke place. There wasn't much transparency about the price of each place and we weren't informed there were seating charges and the extra surcharge for new years. This would all be fine ultimately as I anticipated this as I've been to tours like this before. I would have liked the courtesy of being informed.”

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8.Get to know Shinjuku (nightlife optional)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 2 hours · from $45

Walk through Shinjuku’s shopping streets, Kabukicho, and Golden Gai with an English-speaking guide such as Lilian. You’ll see the Godzilla Head, learn about Kabukicho’s red-light past, and decide for yourself whether to enter one of Golden Gai’s tiny bars. Hotel pickup is available from Shinjuku hotels.

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