One of the most fun places to hang out of an evening in Kakegawa must be Honjo-dori, a short alley lined with tiny bars, ten on each side. You can get a good range of food and drinks, all reasonably priced, and enjoy an intimate, convivial atmosphere; each place seats no more than about ten people, though on warm summer nights I'm sure there's some overspill. It has to be be a perfect place to go bar-hopping!
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Kakegawa Honjo-dori
Fifty meters, twenty bars!
By Peter Sidell
Community writer
This handy map shows you the friendly proprieters
Pretty much everything is inexpensive, but only in Japanese
Every bar is decorated in its individual style
Part one of my dinner at one of the bars
Part two of my dinner
This bar somehow finds room for a comfy-looking couch
It's surprising and impressive how much they can fit into such small spaces
It's fun to sit outside on a warm evening
It doesn't even take half a minute to walk from one end to the other
I hope the neighbours at the end don't mind a bit of noise
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