Arrive in Chichibu, a historic town in the western reaches of Saitama Prefecture, known for its deep-rooted local culture and compact town centre built around traditional commerce and nightlife. Meet your guide and step into the first bar district, getting an immediate sense of how the town’s drinking culture reflects its regional identity — unpretentious, local, and lived-in.

Your guide leads you on foot through up to three distinct areas of Chichibu’s bar scene over the course of the evening. At each stop, settle in, order drinks and food from the menu, and engage with the bar at your own pace.

Your guide helps bridge any language gap and points out what to order, how to interact with staff, and what makes each spot worth visiting. Move between venues at a relaxed pace, covering the walkable drinking corridors that give Chichibu its after-dark character.

By the third bar, work your way through a cross-section of how locals actually drink in this part of Saitama — not through tourist-facing venues, but through the kind of spots regulars return to. Leave with a grounded sense of Chichibu’s bar culture, having ordered, tasted, and conversed your way through an evening that reflects the town on its own terms.