Alcohol history in Tokyo
Tokyo's alcohol history includes Edo sake shops, postwar beer halls, the 1980s whisky boom, a later whisky shortage, and today's allocated-bottle bars.
Sake shops to standing bars
Edo-period sake retail became modern kaku-uchi and standing bars where you drink what you buy, often next to a station.
Beer halls and salaryman hours
Large beer companies built halls and izakaya chains that still structure weeknight drinking around the last train.
Whisky boom and squeeze
Global demand for Japanese whisky emptied stocks, raised prices, and made highballs and blends the practical pour while single malts became collector items.
Public intoxication rules and train last-call culture matter more than a national dry-day list. Age 20 is the usual legal line.
Longer read: Tokyo sake bars and whisky highballs: three rooms, three tempos.
Culture guide, not a dry-day calendar
World pages describe famous drinks, history, and common legal drinking ages. They are not legal advice and they do not say whether alcohol is banned today. For India dry days, use the homepage or a city or state calendar.