This week brings good news for wine lovers whose schedules tend toward the late end of the Tokyo grind. Nissin World Delicatessen has extended its hours to 8:30 p.m., and a new Shirogane wine bar is pouring until the wee hours.

Chef Kaoru Kikuchi of the wine bar Kunpuu

Many longtime Tokyo residents harbor fond memories of the oddly yet appropriately named Meat Rush butcher in Azabu Juban, a tiny all-meat shop offering everything from Kobe beef to alligator and ostrich steaks that was a mecca for gourmet cooks, bargain hunters and barbecue devotees.