Games and gab at a French pub in western Tokyo
Forget about Kagurazaka — another French enclave has long been simmering in western Tokyo.
Nishiogikubo, a quietly cosmopolitan neighborhood in Suginami Ward, is home to Bengali, Korean and Thai bars in Willow Alley, its nightlife district, and creative restaurants fusing Japanese with Italian or Spanish cuisine, establishments that are popular with both local residents and foodies from afield.
The welcoming atmosphere of these third places — social environments that are neither home nor work — provides a platform for cultural mingling and language exchange, while the food and drink they serve soothe the nostalgia of migrants far from home.
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