What is the drinking age in Tokyo Japan ?
2006-08-28 16:38:49 · 10 answers · asked by kelkel0514 3 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Japan
Nobody cares what age. Anyone can buy a drink.
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2006-08-28 16:48:07 · answer #1 · answered by Timeless - watcher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The legal drinking age is 20.
However, not many bars check ID so many people drink before that age.
Big clubs sometimes do request photo ID. If there is no entry fee then the chance of being asked for ID is very slim.
You can also buy beer etc from vending machines on the street in most areas.
2006-08-29 00:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like everyone said it's 20.
But usually it doesn't matter.
They usually won't let you into clubs and let you drink at bars if you're wearing a highschool uniform but if you wear your regular clothes most likyly they will let you close down the bar if you had the money and stomach.
I used to hang out with my friends at cheap all you can drink pubs when I was 16 -17. Smoked, drank and pulled all nighters.
THen went to school the next day hung over and would sleep all through class.
Man, those were the days....
2006-08-29 14:10:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
20 years old for all of Japan. There was a law recently passed banning anyone from buying alcohol who is less than 20 years old. This was passed becasue, in th epast, fathers would send their kids to the corner store to buy a bottle of sake so the dad could keep drinking.
I see less and less of the beer and sake vending machines these days.
2006-08-28 23:54:53 · answer #4 · answered by wuzaracer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's 20, but no one cares. The clubs are full of high school kids, and obviously vending machines don't check IDs.
2006-08-29 02:37:54 · answer #5 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is Tokyo? .. hehehe... don't drink and drive. In that country, they don't care what age you are, just drink and become insane whenever you like.
2006-08-28 23:45:14 · answer #6 · answered by Answer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about that one... I just know how to tune in tokyo
2006-08-28 23:41:57 · answer #7 · answered by Mr.No-It-All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20, but I was there when I was 16, and never once got asked for ID.
Theres beer vending machines everywhere, and I bought alchol in my school uniform from seven eleven.
And I went clubbing in Ropongi for my 16th birthday.. and didnt get asked for ID once
2006-08-29 00:10:37 · answer #8 · answered by e a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its 20
2006-08-28 23:44:22 · answer #9 · answered by David A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
20.
FYI:
The fine for driving under the influence of alcohol can be easily 300,000 yen/person.
Not only the driver, but also the passengers.
300,000 yen for each.
2006-08-29 05:01:39 · answer #10 · answered by Joriental 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋