[ 幽玄 · yū-gen — the beauty that hides ]
Small plates, long nights, lantern-light.
Yugen is a fourteen-seat izakaya at the end of Katsu Alley — charcoal skewers, cold sake, and plates that arrive when they're ready, not when they're due. Push through the curtain. The counter keeps a seat warm.
- Plates
- 0
- Sake by the glass
- 0
- Seats at the counter
- 0
[ Shime — the finisher ]
End the night with a bowl of your own making.
Shime is the bowl that closes an evening. Pick a base, something from the grill, pile it high — the counter builds it while you finish your last pour.
white rice · karaage · ajitama $14.00 920 kcal
[ The room ]
Fourteen seats and no clock on the wall.
One counter of old hinoki, a shelf of bottles that outnumbers the seats, and light that comes from paper, not bulbs you can see. The room is drawn here the way it feels — in ink, a little dim, cat included.
[ Hours & the door ]
Lit at five. Out at midnight.
Evenings from five · closed Mondays
| Monday | closed — the grill rests |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 17:00 – 23:00 |
| Wednesday | 17:00 – 23:00 |
| Thursday | 17:00 – 23:00 |
| Friday | 17:00 – 24:00 |
| Saturday | 17:00 – 24:00 |
| Sunday | 17:00 – 22:00 |
4-2 Katsu Alley · behind the bicycle shop Last orders 30 min before close No reservations after 20:00 — just come
Hold a couple of seats
For four or fewer, before eight. Larger than that, the counter can't hold you — but the standing barrels outside are first-come.