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  • The entrance at night: a lit sign and a white paper lantern
  • The long wooden counter, seen past the Kirin beer taps
  • The booth by the window, with green walls and leather sofas
  • Inside from the entrance: the counter and a standing ledge
  • A long wooden counter below green walls and posters
  • The counter seen from the back, with a row of stools

A lively drinking place in Shianbashi Yokocho, Nagasaki

Nigiwai Sakaba MATOI

No cover charge.

All drinks 600 yen, tax included

Cash, cards and PayPay

Hours
midnight–4 am · Closed Sundays
Where
2-21 Motoshikkui-machi (Shianbashi Yokocho)
Get directions Call +81 90-1978-5327

How it works

  1. No cover charge. No otoshi (table snack) fee.
  2. Every drink on the drinks list is ¥600, tax included (a few specials cost more).
  3. Pay by cash, card or PayPay.
  4. Open midnight–4 am. Closed Sundays.
  5. Smoking is allowed inside.

A few specials are priced separately. See Specials below.

Find us

The entrance by day.

We are inside Shianbashi Yokocho. Look for this white sign and the paper lantern.

Address
2-21 Motoshikkui-machi, Nagasaki 850-0901 (Shianbashi Yokocho)〒850-0901 長崎県長崎市本石灰町2-21（思案橋横丁）
Hours
midnight–4 am, closed Sundays
Prices
All drinks ¥600, tax included
No cover charge
Payment
Cash, cards, PayPay
Smoking
Smoking is allowed

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Drinks

Everything in this list is ¥600, tax included. No cover charge.

All 600 yen, tax included

Beer

  • Kirin Ichiban ShiboriJapanese lager

Sour

  • Lemon sour
  • Kirin Hyoketsu Sugar-Free LemonA fizzy lemon drink with alcohol

Highball

  • Kirin Whisky Riku HighballWhisky and soda

Shochu

  • Japanese distilled spirit
  • Kuro Kirishima
  • Shimabijin
  • Mitake
  • Iki Gold
  • Mixers: soda, oolong tea, green tea or Gogo-no-Kocha black tea
  • Kyogetsuyuzu, ume (plum) or acerola

Wine

  • Glass of winered or white
  • Aka-Hired wine with soda

Fruit liqueur

  • Sweet fruit liqueurs; umeshu is Japanese plum wine
  • Umenoyado Aragoshi Peach
  • Umenoyado Aragoshi Mandarin
  • Daiya Umeshuon the rocks or with soda

Cocktails

  • Gin and tonic
  • Moscow mule
  • Cassis orange
  • Cassis soda
  • Cassis oolong
  • Fuzzy navel
  • Peach tree fizz

Soft drinks

  • Cola
  • Oolong tea
  • Green tea
  • Orange juice
  • Ginger ale
  • Gogo-no-Kocha unsweetened tea

Alcohol-free

  • Kirin Greens FreeNon-alcoholic beer

Specials

NOT PART OF THE ¥600 LIST

  • Cocalero

    Green herbal liqueur. Menu name: “Coca Bomb”.

    ¥1,000

  • Tequila

    Cuervo 1800 Añejo

    Aged tequila.

    ¥1,000

  • Chilled sake

    Yatsushika Tokubetsu Junmai
    Jokigen Junmai Namachozo
    Gokujo Yoshinogawa Tokubetsu Junmai

    Choose from three.

    ¥1,500

  • Champagne

    Moët & Chandon Ice Impérial
    Moët & Chandon Nectar Impérial
    Soumei
    Veuve Clicquot Brut

    Four labels.

    Ask for prices

Snacks

  • Tako-wasa — raw octopus with wasabi
  • Changja — spicy Korean-style cod tripe
  • Scallops grilled in butter
  • Eihire — grilled dried stingray fin
  • Sweets and crackers, and more

Ask at the bar for snack prices.

Seats

Counter — 10 seats

A long wooden counter.

Standing counter

A wooden ledge along the wall behind the counter.

Booth — for 4

Leather sofas around an oval wooden table.

Shoichi, who runs the bar, in a beige sweatshirt

Meet Shoichi

MATOI was opened on May 11, 2025, by two brothers who grew up in a family that runs an izakaya (a Japanese pub).

These days, the older brother, Shoichi, is usually the one behind the counter.

“Nigiwai sakaba” means “a lively drinking place.” Our Instagram profile puts it this way: one drink, or many. Every drink on the list is the same ¥600.

See the bar on Instagram.

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