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Jokichi Takamine
Spirits

The First Japanese Whiskey Distiller Made… Bourbon?

Jokichi Takamine's application of Japanese techniques to American distilling nearly changed the industry forever. More than a century later, he's finally getting his due.

  • story: Susannah Skiver Barton
  • illustration: Allie Sullberg
sake natural akishika japan
Wine

Sake’s Radical Awakening

Drawing comparisons to the natural wine movement, sake’s avant-garde is reinvigorating the category by challenging everything we thought we knew about it.

  • story: Tom Downey
  • photos: Jérémie Souteyrat
natural wine new region japan
Wine

Where Are Natural Wine’s Next Frontiers?

Two regions—one old world, one new—are staking a claim within the ever-evolving movement.

  • story: Alice Feiring
  • illustration: Rymie
Maguchi Kazunari tokyo highball
Cocktails

Maguchi Dreams of Highballs

The owner of Tokyo’s Rock Fish has spent more than 30 years perfecting his idiosyncratic, iceless highball.

  • story: Dylan James Ho
  • photos: Dylan + Jeni
Akiru Sha Record Bar Tokyo
Places

The Soundtrack to Tokyo’s Hidden Record Bars

From acid jazz and Mojitos to bebop and sake, a look at four of Tokyo’s most unique record bars, and the playlists that define them.

  • story: Kelly Thomas
  • photos: Ko Sasaki
Japanese Bartending Technique
Cocktails

Understanding Japanese Bartending in Five Techniques

A few idiosyncratic methods offer a window into why Japanese bartending has become an object of fascination—and fetishization.

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photos: Eric Medsker
Japanese Gin
Spirits

Is Japanese Gin the Next Big Thing?

“Everybody is watching to see if they can do for gin what they did for whisky.”

  • story: St. John Frizell
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Japanese Style Bar Tools
Cocktails

How Japanese Are Japanese Bar Tools?

The tools we associate with Japanese bartending have come to symbolize the style’s dedication to precision. But they are, by and large, of Western origin.

  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
little texas tokyo
Places

A Night at Tokyo’s Surreal “Little Texas” Honky-Tonk

In Japan, a small smattering of honky-tonks serve as the antithesis of traditionally quiet Japanese culture. This is what a night at Tokyo's beloved Little Texas looks like.

  • story: Sarah Baird
  • photos: Ko Sasaki
ben fiddich cocktail bar tokyo japan
Cocktails

Modern Alchemy at Tokyo’s Most Radical Bar

At Tokyo's Ben Fiddich, Hiroyasu Kayama uses homegrown plants and a mortar and pestle to reconstruct classic liqueurs and spirits—including “Campari,” absinthe and amaro—often to order. Here, a look inside…

  • story: Sarah Baird
  • photo: Marie Takahashi
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The Wines of Right Now

We spoke to 150 sommeliers and retailers around the country to assemble a list of the 15 producers who represent the wine zeitgeist right now.

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