Nicholas Coldicott

Nicholas Coldicott has been living in Tokyo since 1998. He is the author of Tokyo Cocktails and an academy chair for 50 Best Bars.

In just five years, the three-ingredient cocktail from one of Tokyo’s best bartenders has made it onto menus as far away as Thailand and Germany.

For many in Tokyo’s drinking circles, the perfect take on the deceptively simple drink can be found only at Ginza’s Bar Shake.

Born surreptitiously in 1949, the simple gin cocktail is now a staple at the city’s best bars.

Born of necessity, the soda-spiked Gin Sonic has become the standard at Tokyo bars.

With its unpretentious approach to cocktails, Utsunomiya is an unlikely source of inspiration for the country's best bartenders.