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The Collector · Aoi · Tokyo

Golden Gai

Shinjuku · scene_bars · $$

I have a regular bar here. I won't tell you which one. But I'll tell you how to find yours.

Two hundred tiny bars in six alleys. No tourists know the right ones. Some bars have been running the same music policy since 1975.

— Aoi, The Collector
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