Entertainment in Shikoku
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Dish & Bar After Glow
A few blocks east of the Ōkaidō tram stop (look for the English sign) is this excellent bistro, which boasts more than 200 varieties of wine from all over the world. Although it's tempting to choose some of the more familiar names, you can't go wrong with a chilled white from Yamanashi-ken.
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Viva
On the western edge of Chuō-kōen (look for the English sign) is this trendy dining bar, which has over 100 cocktails and beers on offer from all over the world. On weekends, Viva really gets kicking when the tables are pushed to the walls and the music is turned up.
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Tosa-no-izakaya Ippon-tsuri
In the middle of the Obiyamachi shopping arcade (look for the red lanterns outside), this popular izakaya features sake from each of the prefecture's 19 sake producers - make sure you know how to find your way home if you intend to try all of them.
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Jett Rockbar
Needless to say, this basement bar specialises in rock 'n' roll, and there's a good chance that you can catch live music here on the weekends. Located next to the Washington Hotel, this place is easy to spot - just look for the English sign.
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Underground Cafe
A local and expat secret bar hang-out that feels more Honshu than Shikoku and serves Mexican food on the side. It's off the street leading to the ropeway; look for the Union Jack flag, so coolly out of context.
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Sala Sol
The town's most popular foreigner bar is surprisingly cool, with excellent music and generous drink specials. It's also one for the few places in town where people dance…all night long.
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Ray Charles
A dimly lit bar where people drift in to shoot the breeze with the bow-tied bartenders and listen to American oldies. Draft Carlsberg is ¥700. It recently moved premises half a block south, but the old sign is still up.
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Peggy Sue Saloon
Run by a music nut with a fondness for country music, this friendly bar is a treasure trove of cowboy-themed Americana. There's a Wurlitzer jukebox, and several guitars and mandolins on the walls that are just waiting for someone to take them down and start picking. The 2nd-floor sign is visible from street level. It's in a cluster of bars just east of Okaido Arcade.
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Love Jamaican
This fully legit reggae and hip-hop club is a hive of after-hours mayhem thanks to a classy sound system, generous drink deals and a manicured young crowd.
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Leaf Bar
This small 6th-floor bar diagonally opposite the ACTY 21 building is a gamer's fantasy with manga posters, Tekken on the big screen, groups of dolled-up Japanese girls drinking cocktails and squealing over the top of mainstream American R&B. Food is available and a (very) small beer costs ¥350.
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Ingrid's International Lounge
Filipino Ingrid is Tokushima's go-to-girl for expatriate gossip and all-night karaoke. It's hard to find, tucked among the hostess clubs in the southwest of Akita-machi, but there's nothing duplicitous about this Tokushima travellers' institution. Beware: Ingrid never forgets a face!
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Habotan
Red lanterns mark out this locals' izakaya. The menu, plastered over the walls, is in Japanese, but the food is under glass on the counter, so you can always point. Sashimi moriawase (a selection of sashimi) is ¥1050. Local booze includes Tosa-tsuru sake and Dabada Hiburi, a shōchū (distilled grain liquor) made from chestnuts. It's opposite Chūō Kōen, near several banks.
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Grandfather's Bar
The scene here is so smooth you'll fall off your seat as the bookish owner spins vintage '60s and '70s funk and soul records from his enormous collection. Meanwhile, otherworldly waitresses hover through smoke to present your free-poured, icy cool beverages.
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Famille Horse Shoe Bar
Pull up one of five stools in the heart of the food market and watch the world go by as the young owner plies you with wisdom and whisky. Beers cost ¥600 and shots are two-for-one.
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Dōgo Biiru-kan
Right by Dōgo Onsen Honkan, this place brews its own beer, and is a good spot for a drink and a bite to eat after a relaxing soak. The names of the beers (¥840) are allusions to novelist Natsume Sōseki and his famous novel, Botchan. There's also a decent range of food available from a picture menu (such as iwashi no karaage – fried sardines – for ¥550).
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Chocobar
This tiny shot bar located on a busy road has a regular hip-hop soundtrack and colourful decor. It's one of the few places in Matsuyama where passers-by can watch you get drunk.
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Cancun Bar
A hodge-podge of bric-a-brac and bad lighting, Cancun is about as far from Mexico as you can get without leaving Kagawa. There's a wide range of drinks (most ¥700 to ¥800), and the friendly young bar staff speak some English and know the party scene well.
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Cafe BC
The best coffee in Matsuyama. The lady of the house also makes killer sandwiches (¥500).
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Anbar Bar
The company of surreal feline imagery is an interesting companion to a fine, pensive whisky. There's an English sign outside, and plenty of hip weirdos inside.
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