This traditional-style pub is noteworthy for stocking only the finest and rarest, the Latours and Mouton-Rothschilds, of sake: these are wines that take gold medals in the annual sake competition year after year. It also serves some of the best izakaya food in town -- and the Japanese wouldn't dream of drinking well without eating well. Sasashu is a rambling two-story building in traditional style, with thick beams and step-up tatami floors. The specialty of the house is salmon steak, brushed with sake and soy sauce and broiled over a charcoal hibachi. Subway: JR Yamanote Line; Yuraku-cho, Marunouchi and Oedo subway lines: Ikebukuro Eki (Exit 19).