2023 | ENJOY YOUR SCOTCH！

Bar Kadoya is an old-fashioned style yet a cozy standing bar in the Yushima district.

Bar Kadoya is an old-fashioned style yet a cozy standing bar in the Yushima district.

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It has been a long while since I last went out with clients from work. First, there have been tight restrictions on going out for drinks and party-related activities. Second,…

Akkeshi single cask

Akkeshi Distillery makes a genuinely innovative but authentic style of Scotch whisky on the north Japanese island of Hokkaido!

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The Akkeshi single malt whisky is one of the best young “scotch” single malt whiskies I have ever tried. It is not from Scotland but originates from a newly born…

Ken’s bar in Tokyo is the best place to enjoy American Bourbon whiskies!

Ken’s bar in Tokyo is the best place to enjoy American Bourbon whiskies!

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Ken's Bar is widely known to have a broad range of bourbon whiskies and attracts not only local fans here in Japan but also from abroad, including the U.S. From…

How we enjoy drinks, in the past and today’s.

How we enjoy drinks, in the past and today’s.

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AI SUMMARY ～～ Japan's drinking culture has evolved, shifting from quantity-focused drinking to a more quality-oriented approach. The "bubble economy" of the 1980s and 1990s saw lavish spending on alcohol,…

The music bar GURUGURU in Nozawa Hotspring is a unique hub of locals and visitors from overseas, serving locally made alcohol.

The music bar GURUGURU in Nozawa Hotspring is a unique hub of locals and visitors from overseas, serving locally made alcohol.

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Nozawa Hotspring is located in the central part of Japan; take a Shinkansen for an hour to reach Nagano, and then a car ride for another one hour into deep…

INABAR in Toyama has a lovely interior, and the music and good cocktails make anyone feel at home.

INABAR in Toyama has a lovely interior, and the music and good cocktails make anyone feel at home.

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I came to Toyama this time. The region is located on the opposite side of the coast of the Pacific Ocean and faces the Japan Sea, sometimes referred to as…

The most exotic bar to visit in the Uno Port Queens Bar.

The most exotic bar to visit in the Uno Port Queens Bar.

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The port town Uno（宇野） sounds not familiar even to the locals now; of course, I meant not the car game we play at parties, but it was the principal port…

Mittera kaikan, a mass of eerie bars in the same building, is another dive into the similar of Shinjuku Golden gai.

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The Mittera Kikan is known among bar-hoppers in Japan as the equivalent of Shinjuku Golden Gai in Tokyo. While Golde Gai is more open bar style and the bars are…

Shinjuku Golden Gai is a hub of people from all around the world!

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Shinjuku Golden Gai is now becoming a hub of people from all around the world. This tiny corner, which accommodates hundreds of mini-bars once known in the past as salons…

Exotic Bars in Shinjuku

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Omoide-no-nukemichi (literally translates as “a way through memory”; I will call it “Omoide” later on) quietly sits deep inside the alleys of Kabukicho, in Shinjuku East. It is one of the small corners…