tokyo after dark, restaurant, under the yamanote line tracks, Gaado-shita, Yurakucho, tokyo, japan
Yurakucho 有楽町 Yurakucho is a shopping, dining and entertainment area in Tokyo sandwiched between Hibiya Park to the west, the upscale Marunouchi central business district to the north and the luxury shopping district of Ginza to the east. Yurakucho offers a somewhat more down-to-earth experience of Tokyo than these its neighboring districts, especially by night with its tiny alleys full of reasonably priced eateries and its buzzing but laid-back, approachable atmosphere. Yurakucho is only a stone's throw from the south-east corner of the Imperial Palace moat, and one stop south of Tokyo Station on the Yamanote line. The Yamanote line's elevated tracks and its girders define Yurakucho, hovering over and providing the dingy lamplit focus of much of it. Yurakucho Station dates from 1910, and its original brick arches still support the overhead railway. Underneath the tracks and in the alleys along the eastern side are the many small restaurants and bars that make Yurakucho such a well-known place to socialize after dark. The area around Yurakucho station is known as Gaado-shita ("Below the Girders") in Japanese. Gaado-shita is an area of alleys full of mostly traditional beer-and-grill spots for socializing, such alleys being called yokocho in Japanese. The yokocho are atmospheric and old neighborhood in style, hung with lanterns and typified by little barbecue and noodle shops, tiny izakaya pubs that businessmen crowd into after work, game parlors, Japanese fast-food chain stores, yakitori, yakiniku, and coffee shops.
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Location: Gaado-shita, Yurakucho, tokyo, japan
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