Drinking Japan. A Guide to Japan's Best Drinks and Drinking Establishments

556 Pages·2014·39.16 MB·English

by  Chris Bunting

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Japan’s Best Bars
LISTED BY AREA
GINZA, SHIMBASHI, TOKYO STATION & NIHOMBASHI Bar
Lupin [other bars] 225
Beer Pub Bacchus [beer] 149
Bulldog [beer] 150
Cheese and Wine Salon Murase [wine] 204
Goss [wine] 205
Hibiya Bar Whisky-S [whisky] 183
Icebar Tokyo [other bars] 228
Kurakura [beer] 151
Lion Ginza [beer] 153
Sake no Ana [sake] 65
Sherry Club [wine] 212
Shimbashi Kohju [sake] 67
Stand Bar Maru [wine] 213
Takara [sake] 69
Tender [other bars] 236
Towers [beer] 160
Urizun [awamori] 131
Washoku T [shōchū] 108
ROPPONGI, AZABU & AKASAKA Agave [other bars] 222
Awamori Shōchū Bar Shabon [awamori] 123
Azabu Kusafue [shōchū] 91
Cask [whisky] 180
Golf and Bar Grip [other bars] 227
Pateya [wine] 211
Sakatomo [sake] 64
Shimauta Paradise [awamori] 129
Tafia [other bars] 235
SHINJUKU AREA
Amanogawa [sake] 48
Bar Argyll [whisky] 177
Donjaka [sake] 52
Juttoku [sake] 58
Kaasan [sake] 59
Ken’s Bar [whisky] 186
Makkori Bar [other bars] 232
Marugo [wine] 207
Maruhachi Shōten [shōchū] 98
New York Bar [wine] 210
Shot Bar Zoetrope [whisky] 190
Taruichi [sake] 70
SHIBUYA, HARAJUKU & AOYAMA Bar Caol Ila [whisky] 178
Bar Largo [other bars] 224
Bongout Noh [sake] 203
Buchi [sake] 49
Galali [sake] 53
Garari [shōchū] 93
Helmsdale [whisky] 182
Koten [shōchū] 96
Mr Zoogunzoo [wine] 209
Nikka Blender’s Bar [whisky] 188
Tetsugen Nikusho [shōchū] 105
The Aldgate [beer] 158
Tōkyō Shōchū Bar Gen [shōchū] 107
Wine Bar Mayu [wine] 215
EBISU & SHINAGAWA Akitaya [other bars] 223
Buri [sake] 50
Guapos [wine] 206
Jicoo [other bars] 229
Komahachi [sake] 61
Nakameguro Taproom [beer] 155
Shusaron [sake] 68
Speyside Way [whisky] 191
The Mash Tun [whisky] 193
The Zen [shōchū] 106
Toki no Ma [sake] 71
YOTSUYA, IIDABASHI, ICHIGAYA & KANDA Katakura [shōchū] 126
Kōjimachi Japontei [sake] 60
La Cachette [beer] 152
Ramuro [shōchū] 100
IKEBUKURO & ENVIRONS
Kushikoma [sake] 62
Quercus Bar [whisky] 189
The Crane [whisky] 192
Yorozuya Matsukaze [sake] 73
ASAKUSA & RYŌGOKU
Himonoya [sake] 56
Kamiya Bar [other bars] 230
Popeye [beer] 157
WEST TŌKYŌ
Akaoni [sake] 47
A Sign Bar [awamori] 122
Beer Cafe Gambrinus [beer] 148
Malt House Islay [whisky] 187
Nakano Bōzu Bar [other bars] 233
Sasagin [sake] 66
Ushitora [beer] 161
Yakushu Bar [other bars] 237
Za Enraku [shōchū] 109
OUTSIDE TŌKYŌ
YOKOHAMA
Pivovar Yokohama [beer] 156
Thrashzone [beer] 159
KYŌTO
K6 [whisky] 185
Nihonshu Bar Asakura [sake] 63
Saisaidō Magosuke [shōchū] 101
Tachinomi Fukuichi [shōchū] 104
Tasuku [wine] 214
Yoramu [sake] 72
ŌSAKA & KŌBE
Bar Main Malt [whisky] 179
Beer Belly Edobori-ten [beer] 146
Beer Cafe Barley [beer] 147
Chūya Shinobu [shōchū] 92
Hayafune [whisky] 181
Jūsō Torys Bar [whisky] 184
Leach Bar [other bars] 231
Masamichi [shōchū] 99
Michel Vin Japonais [wine] 208
Sakatomo [shōchū] 102
Wasabi [awamori] 132
HIROSHIMA
Bashyōfu [awamori] 124
Chokottoya [sake] 51
Hanamori [sake] 55
Kanayama Johnny [shōchū] 95
Kurosawa [shōchū] 97
KAGOSHIMA
Ishizue [shōchū] 94
Shōchū Tengoku [shōchū] 103
SENDAI, MIYAGI Isshin [sake] 57
TAKAYAMA, GIFU
Pub Red Hill [other bars] 234
SAPPORO, HOKKAIDŌ
Ajihyakusen [sake] 46
Bar Yamazaki [other bars] 226
Beer and Food Higurashi [beer] 145
Ginjōtei [sake] 54
Mugishutei [beer] 154
NAHA, OKINAWA Karakara to Chibugwa [awamori] 125
Kozakura [awamori] 127
Salon de Awamori [awamori] 128
Urizun [awamori] 130
Yamanekoya [awamori] 133

Izakaya sign, Shinjuku, Tōkyō. Right: Bar in the Golden Gai drinking district,
Shinjuku, Tōkyō.