Amazake Yokochō

Tokyo


The hub of Ningyōchō, Amazake Yokochō is a delightful shopping street lined with age-old businesses, including several good craft shops. It's named after the sweet, milky sake drink amazake; you can sample it along here as well as freshly made rice crackers and taiyaki (fish-shaped hot cakes stuffed with sweet azuki bean paste), two more tasty local specialities.

Transportation

  • subway: Hibiya line to Ningyōchō, exit A1

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