Tokyo/Ebisu

Ebisu is a station on the JR Yamanote line, one stop south of Shibuya. The Metro Hibiya subway line from Roppongi also stops in Ebisu.
The Saikyo line and the Shonan-Shinjuku Line also stop in JR Ebisu station.

Ebisu is compact enough to cover on foot. A convenient moving walkway connects to the popular Ebisu Garden Place.
Daikanyama, Nakameguro, Hiroo and Shibuya are close to Ebisu. You can walk to those places easily.

The neighborhood immediately outside of the metro station has dozens of restaurants and several fun bars. Ebisu offers nightlife without the sleaziness of Shinjuku or Roppongi. Another attraction is the Yebisu Garden Place, a new "city in a city" developed on the site of a former brewery. Access is via the JR station's Garden Place exit, which leads to a moving walkway leading into the district.

• Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography

  address: in Yebisu Garden Place
  Note that this museum is closed until fall 2016!. A must for fans of photography, with multiple floors of constantly changing exhibitions of the best photography from around Japan and the world.

• Beer Museum

  address: in Yebisu Garden Place
  A mildly interesting permanent exhibition covering the brewing process in general and the history of Japan Beer Brewery Company which developed Yebisu beer, and which is now a part of Sapporo Breweries. There is even a Virtual Brewery Virtual Adventure to try.

Ebisu Ekimae Summer Festival - The festival held at the end of July every year.

• There is a large shopping mall and department store right in JR Ebisu station, but this pales compared with the offerings in next-door Shibuya.

• Yebisu Garden PlaceHas its fair share of boutiques, including a Mitsukoshi department store. The Beer Museum's souvenir shop deserves a special mention.

• Good Day BooksMoved to Gotanda.

Ebisu has a good selection of places to eat, mostly slightly upmarket. The Garden Place also has a large number of restaurants.

• Kabto

  address: Ebisu-Nishi 1-5-5
  Charcoal grill (sumibiyaki) restaurant that looks way more expensive than it actually is. Not a bad choice just for drinks either, which start at ¥400 for a draft beer.

• Kanon

  address: Roob 6 Bldg 2F, Ebisu-Nishi 1-13-3
  Popular Okinawan izakaya offering all the usual Ryukyuan favorites plus a large selection of awamori (Okinawan liquor).

• Zest Cantina

  phone: +81 3-5475-6291
  address: Ebisu 1-22-19
  Good Tex-Mex cuisine and drinks in an expansive space modeled after a Western saloon.

• Hiiragi

  phone: +81 3-3473-7050
  address: Ebisu 1-4-1
  A famous Taiyaki shop.

• Kimu Katsu

  phone: +81 3-5420-2929
  address: Ebisu 4-9-5
  A cutlet shop. The special cheese cutlet is recommended.

• Itteki Hassenya Ebisu

  phone: +81 3-5723-8841
  address: Ebisu Minami 2-1-1
  A bar style Izakaya at night but during lunch time, you can eat delicious Udon noodle. Shironiku udon and Kuroniku udon are the top menus here.

Ebisu is also a trendy nightlife district, with many slightly quirky bars and clubs. Sadly Milk, perhaps Ebisu's best-known club, closed down in 2007.

• Aoyuzu

  address: Daikoku Bldg B1F Ebisu 1-8-14
  A bar with good music. You can book parties here.

• Buri

  phone: +81 3-3496-7744
  address: Ebisu Nishi 1-14-1
  A small standing bar with many high quality varieties of sake available in cup-size bottles: great for tasting several from all over Japan. All sake is initially served cold, but the staff will warm each cup to your desired temperature.

• The FooTNiK

  phone: +81 3-5795-0144
  address: Ebisu 1-11-2-1F
  A British pub where there's always football on the telly.

• Liquid Room

  phone: +81 3-5464-0800
  address: 3-16-6 Higashi
  One of Tokyo's best-known and oldest-running nightclubs, although it used to be in Kabukichō.

• What The Dickens

  address: Roob 6 Bldg 4F, Ebisu-Nishi 1-13-3
  An extremely popular British pub in the heart of Ebisu. Fairly expensive (anything imported costs close to ¥1000), but has one of the best selections of British beer and cider in town.

• Sapporo Beer

  phone: +81 3-5423-7255
  address: Ebisu 4-20-1
  You can try a lot of beer at a low price.

• Ippo

  phone: +81 3 3445-8418
  address: Ebisu 1-22-10, Kamasuya 2F
  A small restaurant on the second floor of an unassuming building behind the Ebisu Station; it features fresh fish and a large selection of sake. The menus are in Japanese but the staff speaks English.

Budget

• Siesta Capsule Hotel

Mid-range

• Hotel Excellent

  phone: +81 3-5458-0087
  Affordable and clean business hotel.

Splurge

• Westin Tokyo

  phone: +81 3-5423-7000
  address: Yebisu Garden Place 1-4-1 Mita, Meguro-ku
  Slick 5-star hotel.

• Comica

  address: Higashi-Ebisu 1-13-2, Sanki Building 4F
  Standard-issue Japanese manga/internet cafe with a variety of seats and free drinks.