jeffs Jeff's World Bar Kumamoto Building, 2F. Walk down Shimotori, turn right at Daiei. It's about 50m up on your left. The biggest gaijin bar in town, equipped with bilingual bartenders, with unsurprisingly a mostly gaijin clientele. Great place to have a beer at decent prices, although occasionally can tend to attract a predominantly male crowd on Friday and Saturday nights. Larry, one of the coolest bartenders in town, will definitely look after you. No cover, 500ml ebisu = ¥500. 2hr nomi hodi: ¥2000 for the ladies, ¥2500 for the lads. Include picture of the bar? jeffsworldbar@gmail.com shark Shark Attack Walking down Shimotori, turn left at the second street after Daiei. Walk up a block, you'll see a seven eleven on the corner. Keep walking straight through the intersection, the entrance to the building is on the right diagnolly across from the konbini. Look for a Shark sign board out the front. It's on the eighth floor. Gi the Chinese bartender will make you feel right at home. Especially if you live on a beach, cos Shark attack's claim to fame is that it's got sand on the floor. Pretty cosy place (ie small) but friendly vibe to go with it. No cover, 500ml bi-ru for ¥500, cheap as anywhere around. Include picture of the bar? casa Casa Football Bar (aka Shu's Bar) Smile 2 Building, BF. Walking down Shimotori, turn right at the second street after Daiei, there's a Pronto cafe on the corner. It's about 40 metres up the road on your left, look for the green chalkboard on the street. It's downstairs in the basement. Sports bar. The Owner, Shu, is a big football (aka soccer) fan, so has decked out his bar with two impressive looking flat screens and signed up to some serious pay tv. Serie-a, premier league and european matches are shown regularly. Quite a small little joint with a nicely decorated interior and well stocked bar. No Cover, 300ml bi-ru = ¥600. You'd be there for the football and swanky wood panelling, not the prices. info@f-casa.com http://www.f-casa.com Include picture of the bar? days Days Smile Building, 3F. Walking down Shimotori, turn right at third street after Daiei, the Smile building is about twenty metres in, on your left. Grunge/Indi vibe with the best music collection found so far. With around 1000 cd's lining one wall, and requests all good, you're guaranteed good tunes when you hit this place. No cover, 400ml bi-ru = ¥600. 2hr nomi hodi ¥2000 for girls, ¥2500 for boys. Include picture of the bar? nexus Nexus Backstreets of Kamitori. Walk up Kamitori (away from Shimotori), hang a right at (nani). Walk up and take your (nani) left. It's on your right, look for the pinkish street sign out the front. Two level restaurant bar, with cosy couches upstairs and sidewalk views on level 1. Pretty cool vibe, and reportedly does a decent pizza. Been there a couple of times recently and it has a decent interior, although never seems to be that busy. Good spot for an after dinner drink though if you're dining around kamitori. No cover, 400ml bi-ru = ¥600. Include picture of the bar? 096-355-1005 breakers Breakers Cafe and Surf Bar Walk to the end of Kamitori (away from Shimotori) until you hit a main road and can't walk any further. Turn right and Breakers is up the road about ten metres on your right. Must admit that I haven't actually been there at night as yet, but I've been there for a coffee during the day. What you'd expect from a surf bar I guess, with surfboards adorning the roof and other beach paraphanalia hanging off the walls and surfing videos playing in the background. Seems like a cool enough place to have a drink. Unknown at this point, although I can tell you that a caffe latte costs ¥350. Include picture of the bar? http://thebreakers.jp 096-328-8610