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TOKYO KOSORA in Shinjuku: Japanese Beer Garden Experience

Japanese beer garden is very special to Japanese people because it is limited during summer. Going to a beer garden is one of the common things to do during summer! People visit beer garden after work to have nice beer and food outside in a summer breeze.
TOKYO KOSORA is a summer limited rooftop beer garden that appears on the 9th floor (rooftop) of Shinjuku LUMINE shopping mall.

Tokyo Kosora - beer garden in Shinjuku

Delicious all-you-can-eat modern Japanese cuisines

TOKYO KOSORA’s concept is “Tokyo Modern”, they aim to provide modern Japanese cuisines arranged uniquely into different styles.

The menu of Tokyo Kosora

They offer about 30 kinds on their menu!

And it is all-you-can-eat for 2 hours! You can put anything you like on the plate from the buffet.

The buffet of Tokyo Kosora

The food is served in the buffet style 

Vegetables and appetizer buffet of Tokyo Kosora

Vegetables and appetizer buffet 

Fried chicken, potatoes, etc.

Fried chicken, potatoes, etc.

Rice – Chirashi Sushi and Onigiri rice ball from Tokyo Kosora

Rice – Chirashi Sushi and Onigiri rice ball

Cold soba noodles of Tokyo Kosora

Cold soba noodles

Did you think that their dishes are not filling? Well, the standard plan comes with a piece of roasted chicken leg for each!

The roasted chicken leg from TOKYO KOSORA

The roasted chicken leg from TOKYO KOSORA

The most important part of Beer Garden is drinks

As TOKYO KOSORA is a beer garden, they, of course, offer delicious drinks such as beer. Drinks are also all-you-can-drink for 90 minutes. They had a “beer robot” which automatically fills your glass with beer! 

They had six robots (!) so I did not have to wait in line at all. They also offer other drinks such as red, white, and sparkling wines, sangria in Japanese style, sour, cocktails, etc. You can even make your own cocktail by mixing liquors and juices.

Beer robots at Tokyo Kosora beer garden

6 beer robots!

Wine and cocktail bar at Tokyo Kosora beer garden

Wine and cocktail bar

And don’t forget desserts

TOKYO KOSORA also offers varieties of Japanese style desserts. Such as Dorayaki, Monaka, (you can make your own dorayaki and monaka!) different fillings for dorayaki and monaka, Japanese flavor ice cream such as matcha and hoji-cha, Japanese style shaved ice, etc. For those of you who have a more sweet tooth, you can try different Japanese desserts here, too!

Beer and foods at Tokyo Kosora

Kanpai!!


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