- Dates & time
- October 29, 2026 (Thu) - October 30, 2026 (Fri) 5:00–9:00 p.m. (last order 8:50 p.m.)
- Price & booking
- Bar tickets: 1,000 yen for a strip of five 200-yen tickets (cash only). Dishes cost 2–4 tickets; drinks 2 tickets (soft drinks 1) Buy bar tickets on the day at the ticket counter on the B1F Abachika floor (cash only).
- Venue & access
- Kyoto Avanti B1F restaurant floor "Abachika" Right by the Hachijo exit of JR Kyoto Station; about 1 minute's walk from Kyoto Station on the subway
There are 12 car parks within a 12-minute walk of Kyoto Avanti B1F restaurant floor "Abachika", and 7 public restrooms within 8 minutes. The map shows each with its walking time.
Facility data comes from OpenStreetMap. It does not include opening hours, fees or availability.
Why You Should Visit
A two-evening bar crawl without the crawling, held on Abachika, the basement restaurant floor of Kyoto Avanti right outside the Hachijo exit of Kyoto Station. The fourth edition has a Halloween theme. Buy a strip of five tickets for 1,000 yen, pick up small bal-only dishes from the restaurants (sushi, soba, fried chicken, takoyaki, parfaits and more) and eat them at standing tables. Beer and highballs from the bar counter cost two tickets. Come in costume and your first drink is free, and there is a balloon show and face painting too. An easy after-work stop near Kyoto Station.
Participating Shops
Shop List & Map
A selection of each restaurant's bal menu, from the official flyer. Ticket cost in brackets
NOTE
How it works
- Pick up bal dishes from each restaurant as takeaway, and buy drinks at the bar counter
- Eat and drink at the standing tables set up on Abachika
Bar counter
- Suntory The Premium Malt's, Suntory Kaku highball, Dewar's highball, strong lemon sour, strong grapefruit sour: 400 yen each (2 tickets)
- Soft drinks (ginger ale, cola, oolong tea, orange juice): 200 yen each (1 ticket)
- Suntory Yamazaki single malt whisky: 400 yen (2 tickets), served in a small tasting cup, limited quantity
- Happy hour 5:00–7:00 p.m.: The Premium Malt's for 1 ticket (200 yen)
Halloween costume perk
- Come in costume for one free welcome drink (one per person, from selected drinks at the bar counter; cannot be combined with other offers)
Entertainment
- Balloon show by performer Catherine at 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. each day, plus a balloon photo spot
- Face painting 5:00–8:30 p.m.: one small design on the face or hand for 200 yen (1 ticket), about 5 minutes
※Photos are for illustration; menus may change depending on supplies
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