Arrive near Enoshima, a coastal area in Kanagawa Prefecture. Meet your guide and get an immediate sense of the area’s character — a mix of laid-back seaside town and well-worn izakaya culture that draws locals rather than passing tourists.

From the first bar, follow your guide on foot through the surrounding districts, moving from one venue to the next at a relaxed pace. At each stop, order drinks and food from the menu, settling into the rhythm of the bar before moving on.

The three venues each carry their own feel, and your guide fills in the local context — the history of the street, the regulars, the unwritten rules of drinking in Japan.

By the third bar, work your way through a cross-section of Kanagawa’s neighborhood drinking culture, glass by glass. Leave with a grounded understanding of how locals actually spend an evening out in this part of Japan, having sat, ordered, and drunk your way through it rather than observed it from the outside.