Shinjuku Golden Gai

One of those not-so-secret secret spots, Golden Gai is a collection of mismatched, tumbledown bars lining alleyways in a darkened corner of Shinjuku.

Wandering through the slightly sketchy streets of red-light district Kabukichō, wind through the touts and ignore the calls for the more unsavory drinking spots. Instead head to Golden Gai, a charmingly scruffy part of the normally neon-lit Shinjuku.