In case you are wondering what senbero is, it comes from sen-en = a thousand yen and bero = bero-bero, blind drunk: a shop where a thousand yen is enough to get you there. It means a cluster of down-to-earth izakayas, I suppose. Well, a thousand yen would cover a snack or two and about two drinks.
A street like this
Akabane has become famous lately as a working-class neighborhood thanks to dramas and TV shows, so the senbero street has apparently grown much livelier.
A street like this
A street like this
A street like this
The whole mood is made for drinkers. The famous places were nearly all packed to the rafters, so getting into one was hard.
A street like this
A street like this
A back alley
The atmosphere really is great.
A place called Karaage Bancho, with a bold sign hanging out front that reads: Cheap is a given — the contest is how good it tastes!!
This is the place we ended up going into.. the reason being that back then COVID was still a frightening thing, so we picked the shop that at least looked less crowded.
The menu
The menu
The menu
The menu
Karaage is around 380 yen and a highball around 150 yen, so the place lives up to the name senbero. On top of that, 399 yen gets you the super-jumbo size.
The super-jumbo highball
Even the 150-yen one is not small, and then there is this size..
Karaage
They do a really good karaage too. This much definitely lives up to the senbero reputation.
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