The long-awaited New Year's holiday season is upon us. Many of you are looking forward to enjoying a drink during the day. However, have you ever been in the city only to find that the establishment you wanted to go to is closed? Here, we'll be looking at the opening hours of famous izakayas that are open during the first three days of the New Year...

Tempura is one of the three great specialties of Edo. It spread from food stalls at the Nihonbashi fish market during the Edo period and became one of the representative local dishes of Edo-Tokyo. From the end of the Edo period to the Meiji period, tempura restaurants began to open in Nihonbashi and Asakusa, and although there are various theories, it was around this time that the tendon was born.