If you are under 20, please refrain from entering.
Female staff make your drinks and chat with you from behind the counter. Because nobody sits at your table, it is not classed as hosted entertainment like a hostess club; you pay a timed cover charge plus drinks, which makes it easier to walk into.
The girls bar category means you drink and chat with staff across the counter. If you are looking for a place where someone sits beside you and keeps you company, look at the hostess club (kyabakura) and lounge categories instead.
The National Police Agency's interpretation standards say that serving drinks to order from behind the counter, with greetings and small talk, is not hosted entertainment, while staying beside particular customers and keeping them company in conversation is. A girls bar serving alcohol late at night is one that has registered under Article 33 of the Entertainment Business Act.
Article 32 of the Act bans touting for restaurants and bars trading late at night. Do not follow anyone who approaches you on the street; read the price list on the venue page for the charge per time block, the extension charge and how drinks are billed, and ask before ordering if anything is unclear.
Listed in Sannomiya right now: Concept Cafe (1 venue) and Girls Bar (1 venue). You pay a set fee by the hour, with nomination (shimei) and drink charges on top, so confirm the total with each venue before you sit down.
Sannomiya is generally fine for a night out. The main risk is bottakuri, a padded bill at the end. Stick to venues that post their prices, skip street touts steering you into ‘free’ bars, and confirm the set fee plus any nomination or bottle charges before you order.
Payment methods vary by venue. Check the listing and confirm with the venue before booking.
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