Guidebook for Setagaya-ku

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Guidebook for Setagaya-ku

Food Scene

Offers great coffee from Australia. A must when you get tired of Japanese coffee which is mainly drip-based!
7 locals recommend
FRANKIE Melbourne Espresso
2-chōme-12-15 Kitazawa
7 locals recommend
Offers great coffee from Australia. A must when you get tired of Japanese coffee which is mainly drip-based!
Their yuzu ramen is a clean, delicious hoot. Optional toppings including sansho peppers.
Ramen Kuwajima
2-chōme-12-2 Kitazawa
Their yuzu ramen is a clean, delicious hoot. Optional toppings including sansho peppers.
Fun, casual, and quality seafood izakaya that is a local favourite amongst both old and young.
Nishinba
2-chōme-9-20 Kitazawa
Fun, casual, and quality seafood izakaya that is a local favourite amongst both old and young.

Drinks & Nightlife

Japanese whisky and jazz. Has a lovely ‘smokey’ vibe. Friendly to travellers.
レディジェーン
5-chōme-31-14 Daizawa
Japanese whisky and jazz. Has a lovely ‘smokey’ vibe. Friendly to travellers.
Doubles as a bar and a record store, so always great music. Their pasta is good too.
13 locals recommend
CITY COUNTRY CITY
2-chōme-2-12-13 Kitazawa
13 locals recommend
Doubles as a bar and a record store, so always great music. Their pasta is good too.
Run by our mates Haruna and Nobu. Spice-tastic original drinks and eccentric decor.
Mother
5-chōme-5-36-14 Daizawa
Run by our mates Haruna and Nobu. Spice-tastic original drinks and eccentric decor.
Run by our mate Tomo. A perfect dive bar filled with eccentric locals. Great rum, gin and cocktails. Has live music at times by local talents but schedules are very unpredictable.
bar URAUCHI バー ウラウチ
3-20 北沢
Run by our mate Tomo. A perfect dive bar filled with eccentric locals. Great rum, gin and cocktails. Has live music at times by local talents but schedules are very unpredictable.

Parks & Nature

A few stops from Shimokitazawa on the Odakyu Line. A very popular park during the hanami cherry blossom season for both locals and visitors.
1380 locals recommend
Yoyogi Park
2-1 Yoyogikamizonochō
1380 locals recommend
A few stops from Shimokitazawa on the Odakyu Line. A very popular park during the hanami cherry blossom season for both locals and visitors.
One of the campuses of Tokyo University. A secret, local place for a quieter hanami/cherry blossom experience.
25 locals recommend
The University of Tokyo Komaba Campus
3-chōme-8-1 Komaba
25 locals recommend
One of the campuses of Tokyo University. A secret, local place for a quieter hanami/cherry blossom experience.

Essentials

Fresh food and very good prices. Open till 2100.
43 locals recommend
Ozeki Shimokitazawa
2-chōme-9-5 Kitazawa
43 locals recommend
Fresh food and very good prices. Open till 2100.
Closest convenience store. Open 24/7.
17 locals recommend
Lawson Shimokitazawa Station West
2-chōme-23-7 Kitazawa
17 locals recommend
Closest convenience store. Open 24/7.
Less people than Ozeki and easier to navigate. Open till 2300.
10 locals recommend
Peacock Store Shimokitazawa
2-chōme-25-21 Kitazawa
10 locals recommend
Less people than Ozeki and easier to navigate. Open till 2300.
A grocery store that's open very late.
11 locals recommend
foodium下北沢
2-chōme-20-17 Kitazawa
11 locals recommend
A grocery store that's open very late.