Comments on: Yakitori Alley – Oishikatta!

By: Ariel

Ariel — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:40:07 +0000

Great info Shane. What is the name of the specific yakitori place you dined in? Do they have english menus? I’ve heard many horror stories of Japanese vendors rudely turning away people that don’t speak the language. Thanks so much.

By: Gayle

Gayle — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 06:37:36 +0000

Will do – Im taking a group at the end of Oct – for the autumn leaves. – will report back on our Yakitori adventure – thanks again Shane

By: Shane Sakata

Shane Sakata — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:44:55 +0000

You are very welcome Gayle – do let us know what you thought of the experience when you get back and enjoy your time in Japan

By: Gayle

Gayle — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:13:29 +0000

Thanks for the info Shane – exactly what I wanted/needed.. and Im a crate kinda girl myself..heee.

Im loving Nihonsun because as of this October I will have visited Japan 13 times and of course being Japan there are so many many great things to do that Im still nowhere touching the surface.. a yakatori bar expereience is just what is needed this trip I think..heee.. but this sort of everyday thing can be so time consuming when you dont have the right info.. and therefore often gets put on the want to but next time list… In your article you nailed everthing I need including the map to make it just dinner one night but with a big tick box next to it.. Thank you!

By: Shane Sakata

Shane Sakata — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:54:57 +0000

Debbie – I used to love chicken skin as a kid but I guess I’ve grown out of it – although if it is really crispy I could be tempted to take a bite or two

Thanks for you kind words Gayle! I would budget around Y1,500 per person plus alcohol (a large beer was around Y800 if I remember correctly) but that depends on how hungry you group is

The food is served izakaya (pub) style with 3-4 pieces/skewers per plate in what I would call family style. If you order a couple of plates of each dish then everyone should get to sample a variety of the dishes. With a large group I would probably try to get there early (restaurants open at 5PM) as it can get quite busy later in the evening and it may be hard to find seating together without a wait.

We ate surrounding the crates in the alley itself but some places have the option of sitting inside (I think the alley seating is much more fun).

By: Gayle

Gayle — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:13:21 +0000

Loving all the articles – Whats an approx cost for the Yakatori. eaten on the street at a Yakatori bar? Is it similar to retaurant prices – Im going with 8 friends so need to know approx prices before I lead them down an alley..hee.. so to speak! thanks for all the great info Nihon sun is supplying!

By: tyr

tyr — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:59:09 +0000

hey is it true japan is havin a robot war? I heard that they put in a giant statue of a gundam robot in a park in Tokyo and in response, kobe put up a giant statue of gigantor.

If so that’s totally awesom

By: dosankodebbie

dosankodebbie — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:41:34 +0000

My favorite yakitori ingredient is the skin. : )