Tokyo has some of the world’s greatest bars with awesome customer service and attention to detail. But that can often come at a significant price, especially when you consider that in addition to the pricey drinks, many bars have additional charges. Wouldn’t it be great […]

here are bartenders that have been behind the wood for a long time, then there’s Hisashi Sugimoto. Joining The Tokyo Station Hotel in 1958, Sugimoto-san has been tending bar there for over 50 years. “At the time, the bar didn’t have a name. It was […]

JR East Japan Hotels Group held their first-ever Craft Cocktail Competition this past Monday, September 24. The event was a showdown of 13 different bartenders assembled from various Metropolitan Hotel properties, where each developed a unique cocktail and offered it to both judges and event […]

JR East Japan Hotels has announced they’ll be holding a cocktail competition for the first time, dubbed the “JR East Japan Hotels Creative Cocktail Competition 2018.” It’s taking place on September 24 from 12:30PM to 4PM at Hotel Metropolitan Ikebukuro, the brand’s flagship property. These […]

Tokyo’s very own cocktail week is happening again this year. The 2018 edition of Tokyo Cocktail 7 Days is from May 18-27. Yes that’s 10 days, not 7, are you complaining? Tokyo Cocktail 7 Days works just like many cocktail weeks do around the world. […]

Two of Suntory’s latest RTDs, The Cocktail Bar Professional Gin & Tonic and The Cocktail Bar Professional Moscow Mule were just released on April 3rd. New, affordable, and two cocktails I drink at bars. Sure, why not? Before that though let’s just take a look […]

Japan’s Professional Bartender’s Organization has announced the PBO Bartender’s Competition 2018 on March 18 over at Kinshicho’s Tobu Hotel Levant Tokyo. This year’s competition is guaranteed to be fierce once again as bartenders from across Japan battle for two different titles: The Creation Cup begins at […]

August 27th was the 3rd PBO Cocktail & Bar Festa 2017, held at Courtyard Marriott Ginza Tobu Hotel. “Bartending Experience” was the theme of this year’s event, so in addition to the standard lineup of vendor booths, PBO had an entire section of the venue […]

This year’s Yokohama International Cocktail Competition will be held on October 9 at Workpia Yokohama. Doors open at 12:30PM and the competition beginning from 1PM. Yokohama’s Yamashita area is the location of the venue. You may the area as home to the first Western-style bars […]

The theme of this year’s 3rd annual PBO Cocktail & Bar Festa is “Bartending Experience.” There will be 11 different booths dedicated to allowing attendees to try shaking, stirring, building, recipe creation, flair, a venencia pour, and plenty else. Another new aspect of this year’s […]