Tokyo · Ginza

Star Bar

5.0 · House Rating

Ginza

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Star Bar · Tokyo

Hisashi Kishi's eight seats of monastic focus, where the hard shake turns a gimlet into something close to silk.

The Setting

The Room

Down a flight of stairs off a Ginza side street: a narrow, dimly lit counter of dark wood and copper, hand-carved ice catching the light. Intimate to the point of reverent.

The single drink worth the journey to Tokyo.

— On the Hard Shake Gimlet

The Atmosphere

The Vibe

Pure craft, zero ceremony for ceremony's sake. Master Hisashi Kishi and his bartenders work in near silence; you watch, you sip, you understand why people fly for this.

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The room

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The Hard Shake Gimlet

At the Bar

The Drinks Program

The 'hard shake' is the house technique — a precise, rhythmic shake that aerates and chills to a silken texture. Order the gimlet or a daiquiri and watch a discipline at work.

The Room

The Vibe

The Drinks Program

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