TOKYO KOSORA in Shinjuku: Japanese Beer Garden Experience

Japanese beer garden is very special to Japanese people because it is limited during summer. Going to a beer garden is one of the common things to do during summer! People visit beer garden after work to have nice beer and food outside in a summer breeze.
TOKYO KOSORA is a summer limited rooftop beer garden that appears on the 9th floor (rooftop) of Shinjuku LUMINE shopping mall.

Delicious all-you-can-eat modern Japanese cuisines

TOKYO KOSORA’s concept is “Tokyo Modern”, they aim to provide modern Japanese cuisines arranged uniquely into different styles.

They offer about 30 kinds on their menu!

And it is all-you-can-eat for 2 hours! You can put anything you like on the plate from the buffet.

The food is served in the buffet style

Vegetables and appetizer buffet

Fried chicken, potatoes, etc.

Rice – Chirashi Sushi and Onigiri rice ball

Cold soba noodles

Did you think that their dishes are not filling? Well, the standard plan comes with a piece of roasted chicken leg for each!

The roasted chicken leg from TOKYO KOSORA

The most important part of Beer Garden is drinks

As TOKYO KOSORA is a beer garden, they, of course, offer delicious drinks such as beer. Drinks are also all-you-can-drink for 90 minutes. They had a “beer robot” which automatically fills your glass with beer!

They had six robots (!) so I did not have to wait in line at all. They also offer other drinks such as red, white, and sparkling wines, sangria in Japanese style, sour, cocktails, etc. You can even make your own cocktail by mixing liquors and juices.

6 beer robots!

Wine and cocktail bar

And don’t forget desserts

TOKYO KOSORA also offers varieties of Japanese style desserts. Such as Dorayaki, Monaka, (you can make your own dorayaki and monaka!) different fillings for dorayaki and monaka, Japanese flavor ice cream such as matcha and hoji-cha, Japanese style shaved ice, etc. For those of you who have a more sweet tooth, you can try different Japanese desserts here, too!

Kanpai!!

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