Helen Cafe and Bar is a speakeasy in Otemachi, Hiroshima.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 9-13 Komachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
80s Bar Kayokyoku Hit Studio takes requests from roughly 3,000 singles and LPs, a Nagarekawa room in Hiroshima built entirely on Showa pop.
DrinkAll-you-can-drink sets
TipRecords are played with the original video footage, and the room can be booked out for parties of twenty or more.
American Pub Ace on Yagenbori is the Hiroshima room that stays open to 05:00 with burgers, darts, billiards and a poker table in the back.
DrinkBottled beer
TipSundays and public holidays close at 02:00, three hours earlier than the rest of the week.
Bambino spreads a teppan dining bar over two Mikawa-cho floors in Hiroshima, cooking omurice up to the 04:00 kitchen close every night of the week.
DrinkHighballs
TipSimulation golf, darts and karaoke share the upper floor, so it works better for a group than a quiet drink.
Bar Alegre splits a third-floor Horikawa-cho room in Hiroshima between a tea-house entrance and a back bar modelled on a 1920s speakeasy.
DrinkSeasonal fruit cocktails
TipThere are two doors: a tea-room entrance cut so low that everyone bows to get in, and a hidden speakeasy door beside it.
