Bar-restaurant • Yugawara Station
About this place
Marin-ba has been operating since 1968, which puts it closer in age to most of its customers than to most of its staff. The format is a bar-restaurant rather than a bar in the strict sense: you can eat dinner here, you can come in for a drink after dinner elsewhere, and both are normal. The 35-seat layout - seven at the counter, twenty-eight at tables - works for couples, families, and the kind of company banquet (second-party stop or third-party stop) that tends to land here at the end of the night.
The drinks list runs to seventy-plus wines, world beers, shochu, and a full bar. The food leans Western: pizzas cooked to order, steaks, and a broader menu of bar food that is substantial enough to make this a dinner venue. Smoking is fully permitted, which in 2026 is a smaller and smaller category of Japanese restaurant. Parking is on-site, and the payment options are unusually deep for a Yugawara venue - Visa and Mastercard, PayPay, d-Pay, Merpay, WeChat Pay, Suica, and nanaco all accepted.
Hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 17:00 to 01:30 (last order). Closed Mondays. Five minutes on foot from JR Yugawara Station, which is the right distance for a venue that operates on a late-night schedule - close enough to walk home without reservations, far enough from the station plaza that the room has its own character rather than functioning as a waiting room.
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What to know
Quick facts
Address: Doi, Yugawara, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa 1-15-6
Access: 5-minute walk from JR Yugawara Station
Hours: 17:00-01:30 (L.O.)
Closed: Monday
Price: Bar-restaurant pricing (a la carte dinner + drinks)
Phone: 0465-62-5279
Specialties:
- 70+ wines
- World beers
- Wood-fired pizza
- Steak
Highlights:
- Operating since 1968 - 57-year institution
- 35 seats (7 counter + 28 table)
- 5 minutes on foot from Yugawara Station
- Open until 01:30 - one of the few real late-night options
- Cards, PayPay, d-Pay, Merpay, WeChat Pay, Suica, nanaco all accepted
- On-site parking
Where our sources disagree
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- Smoking: Smoking is fully permitted per the official site. This may matter for families or non-smokers expecting a modern Japanese no-smoking default.
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