
Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on December 2012

We quaffed, we sipped, we imbibed, we absorbed, we took headache tablets. In short, we bar crawled around Tokyo—and here are some of the places unlucky enough to have hosted us.

BURLESQUE
What good is sitting alone in your room?

KITA AOYAMA SALON
Absinthe makes the dark go longer.

TOMEI’S WINE BAR
California grapes on Motomachi’s side streets.


CRAFT BEER MARKET
A jamboree of J-brews in Jimbocho.


THE FULL MONTY
Yokohama’s British pub reborn.

GOOD BEER FAUCETS
Tapping the warmth in Shibuya.