Ayano's Bar — Restaurant in Tokyo

I do not know how to describe this place. I semi-accidentally ended up here in Tokyo. It is the best, cutest bar I have ever been, as small as my WC, but rich in friendliness and music collection, especially jazz. The owner Tanaka-san is an amazing, sweet guy who talks to foreigners with the aid of online translator. He is someone really unique. After he closed his place, he took me to Izakaya to treat more drinks and foods, which was amazing of him. Tanaka- san, I will never forget Japanese hospitality and your bar,...

Small bar with 10-12 seats at the bar counter but with an impressive charm! The bar owner, Tanaka, is seated just in front of you behind piles of CDs and he is lovely. The CDs he plays are jazz, soul and R&B. He likes to get to know costumers by speaking Japanese or via Google Translate with foreigners. He also likes to make the costumers interact with each others. Highly recommend if you are alone or in small groups. Tanaka will make you try all kind of whiskeys he has and you’ll have a...

My friend and I each ordered a drink and sat for about 30 minutes. The bar still had empty seats and no new customers came in, but the owner used a translation app to tell us that we had to order another drink within an hour or leave. However, Japanese customers and two white foreign customers who had been there longer than us were not told the same thing, even though they didn’t order anything during that time. It felt unfair and unwelcoming that only Asian foreign customers were...