SHINJUKU/KABUKICHO: MEDAKA Izakaya Revisited... Cheap Beer Campaign Extended!!

April 40, May 50, June 60, July 70, August 80 and September 90yen for Beers/Whisky Hi-Balls/Sours!  

I had 2 great guests visiting from Hawaii and what better place than to check out Medaka on an unusually cold rainy Tokyo April evening... Staton is a Spiritual Advisor so if you are interested in learning more pls visit her website  http://www.statonann.com/

Today's automatic Ootoshi 400yen "aka Service Charge"... Came out to 2,000yen for the 5 of us.

Meet John a Digital Designer... with two of the best camera bodies - Canon 7D and Canon 5D Mark II.  http://www.john-garcia.com/  A foodie and Photographer... my kinda guy.

What a great idea to light up food in a low light setting!  iPhone flashlight app!

Staton giving "Kawa-Ebi" a try.

Ebi-Mayo

4 Kinds of rolls for 900yen... Negi-Toro, Tekka (tuna), Ume-Shiso with Wasabi and Mentako.

One of Johns amazing lenses.

Had my Lumix LX5 (that I accidentally dropped this night) and my Olympus PEN e-PL1 with a Sigma 19mm f2.8 lens.  

So 3.5 hours of drinks and what John spot on called Izakaya food "Beer Food" the total came out to 7,350yen for 4-5 people.  16 Beers, 13 Orange sours, 1 lemon sour, 1 chu-hi and 1 hi-ball.

Another enjoyable night at Medaka. 

Shop: Medaka Izakaya

Foodie Website: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1304/A130401/13150823/

Address J: 東京都新宿区歌舞伎町1-3-6

Address E: Tokyo, Shinjuku-ku, Kabukicho 1-3-6

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SHINJUKU/KABUKICHO: Medaka Izakaya... 30yen Beers!! JUST GO!!!

It was all about word of mouth... Beers/HiBalls/Sours all 30yen til the end of March.  Holly molly... and mind you this is Kabukicho where rents must be sky high. 

A few warning signs at the entrance... No University students, young people and rowdy trouble making foreigners.

1st Floor was jammed... but there are 6 floors!  Seating capacity?  600!

What a beautiful sight... 30yen Drinks for March, 40yen April, 50yen May and 60yen JUNE!  Its just soooo craaaaazy.   

Kegs!

4th Floor was nice and quiet at 7:20pm.  No smokers... just so calm and mellow.

The Automatic "Otoshi"... seasoned kamaboko.

Service rocked with this push button system.

And by 9pm the 4th floor was fully packed.

You just gotta check it out.

Shop: Izakaya Medaka

Foodie Website: http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1304/A130401/13150823/

Address J: 東京都新宿区歌舞伎町1-3-6

Address E: Tokyo, Shinjuku-ku, Kabukicho 1-3-6
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