Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on January 2012

Get your glasses flipped and poured with cocktails (¥480) made by world champion bartender Keisuke Goto and five other award-winning shakers at Colorsol Resort Dining (2F Kondo Bldg, 27-16-2F Minami Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku; www.meturl.com/colorsol). Tropical-themed drinks (from ¥580) as well as their wooden interior and decorative plants—reminiscent of an island resort—will help you escape the winter blues. You could totally annihilate them with the ¥4,000 nomihodai course as well.