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The two XEX bars in Tokyo are wonderful insider secrets. The first, situated in the Atago Green Hills Mori Tower, is ten minutes from Roppongi and has spectacular views of the Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower. The second, located in Daikanyama, is irrefutably the city’s best bar for spring/summer; it features the city’s trendiest folk and also serves very stylish teppanyaki.

The best bars and clubs, seeking to avoid any foreigners, are, deliberately, not (never) publicised. Find a local friend or you’ll end up drowning your sorrows next to Nigel in a hideous Irish Pub.

The New York Grill on the 52nd floor of the Park Hyatt is heaving every night, it serves some of the best seafood, poultry and red meat I’ve ever tasted in Japan (no mean feat I should add). There’s also a super-high celebrity quotient.