Is Shinjuku Izakaya & Golden Gai Food Tour (Arigato Japan) worth it with kids?
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With kids, give Shinjuku Izakaya & Golden Gai Food Tour (Arigato Japan) a miss.
The whole value of a food tour is the specific guide and route, so this is anchored to Arigato Japan's Shinjuku evening crawl: it starts in lantern-lit Omoide Yokocho ('Memory Lane') for skewers and beer, threads Kabukicho's hidden counters, and finishes with a drink in one of Golden Gai's ~300 closet-sized bars you'd never dare enter alone. The catch is unchanged — it's pricier than eating solo, the portions stack up, and a big group can feel like a herd squeezing into six-seat bars, so keep it small.