A sports bar earns its name on one decision: how big it makes the screen, and where it puts the speakers. Fields settled both questions a long time ago. The room runs on a single 100-inch screen, with smaller monitors placed so no seat loses the picture, and the sound rigged to match.
The bar sits on the second floor of the 8th Toto Building at 15-19 Sakuragaoka-cho, three minutes on foot from the West Exit of Shibuya Station and 282 meters from the gates by Tabelog's measure. Tabelog files it under three headings at once, sports bar, dining bar and Mexican, which is the most honest summary of what the room is. It has been open since November 1999, which makes it one of the longer-running rooms of its kind in a district that rebuilds itself every few years.
The sports bar arrived in Japan as an American import, a format built to gather strangers around a broadcast and feed them while the clock ran. Fields took the template and bent it toward Shibuya. The screen and the monitors do the gathering, the Mexican kitchen does the feeding, and the drink list reaches past the usual taps. That mix is why the room has outlasted newer, glossier competitors a short walk away.
The room
Fields seats around 50 across counter, sofa and table arrangements, with a jukebox programmed for the late 1970s and 1980s and a manager who, by the bar's own account, will happily talk you through a fight card. Smoking is permitted, so the room reads as an old-school broadcast bar rather than a polished lounge. The whole venue can be booked out for viewing parties, and the bar will screen marquee bouts as ticketed events, as it did for the Inoue versus Nakatani card.
What to order
The drink list is wider than the building suggests. Fields keeps more than 25 beers from around the world, the Mexican range among them, so a bottle of Negra Modelo or Sol pairs neatly with the kitchen. Behind that sit more than 30 tequilas and mezcals, an unusually deep agave shelf for a sports room and reason enough to order a measure neat between rounds. For food, the Napolitan pasta runs about 850 yen and the taco rice is the other house staple, both built for eating with one eye on the screen. The Mexican bottles, Corona, Sol and Negra Modelo among them, are the natural match for that plate, and the all-you-can-drink party courses from 2,750 yen turn a casual night into a planned one. A 2-hour course with five dishes and free pour runs 3,850 yen, which is the move for a group of four or more.
Who it is for
This is a room for the committed viewer who also wants a plate and a real drink, not a token beer. Boxing and combat sports get particular care here, and the agave list rewards anyone who treats tequila as something to sip rather than shoot. For where Fields sits among the city's broadcast rooms, our Tokyo sports bar ranking lines it up against neighborhood locals like 2nd Half Takadanobaba and the football-first FooTNiK Ebisu.
Best time to go
Hours run 11am to 11pm Monday through Saturday, with Sundays and public holidays closed to walk-ins and open by reservation only, so plan a Sunday fixture ahead rather than chancing the door. Weekday afternoons are quiet enough to claim a counter seat with a clear line to the screen, while a ticketed fight night fills the floor and adds standing room. Build the wider evening with our Tokyo guide, our editorial on watching the game in Tokyo, and the global sports bars hub.
Sources
Reporting for this profile draws on the Tabelog listing, Japan Sports Journey, and LIVE JAPAN.
