Vowz Bar
Practicing Buddhist monks serve cocktails alongside sutra chants and warm conversation at this relaxed Shinjuku bar.
- Mon – Sat, 19:00 – 01:00 (+1)
- $$
- AG Building 2F, 6 Arakicho, Shinjuku-ku
- 4.4 (343 reviews)
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In Shinjuku's Arakicho district, Vowz Bar brings together practicing monks from various Buddhist sects to serve drinks and share spiritual advice in an intimate space. Alongside recommended cocktails and a wide sake selection, staff pause to speak on Buddhist culture and core values. At 9 PM, the room gathers as the monks lead prayer chants with all patrons. For a more direct ritual, a 1,000-yen mock coffin experience lets visitors put on ceremonial garments and lie inside a decorated coffin with incense while a monk chants over them.