What a week. Across our venues - Tokyo Bird, Osaka Trading Co., Banchō, Sando and Nikkei Bar & Restaurant - we've been decimated along with most of our hospo industry peers. The heartbreak is real, with most of our venues shuttered, staff let go across all...
We've been preparing for what seems to be the inevitable in this coronavirus pandemic of 2020 but at the same time, we want to be here for you if you need a stiff drink, quick feed or distraction from the year that has been. Like most...
TOKYO BIRD IS 5 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR! Twas the day before Christmas eve, when all through the bar, everything was a-stirring 'cos we'd just gotten all our regulatory and compliance pieces to open! So the five of us opened our very first small bar to...
Option A. Buy one on World Whisky Day at Tokyo Bird. $30, available in S, M, L, XL Option B. Complete a World Whisky Cocktail Passport at Tokyo Bird and Banchō by the end of 18 May 2019 - follow the steps below. Request a World Whisky Cocktail Passport...
Meaning 'six' in Japanese, ROKU Gin is Suntory's first craft gin release which launched in Australia this month. Themed around the number six - from the unique Japanese botanicals incorporated in the blend, to the bottle cast in a hexagonal shape, and the inclusion of the...
World Whisky Day is on Saturday, 20 May and this year, we get to celebrate it at not one but two venues! Celebrated globally, World Whisky Day invites everyone to try a dram and celebrate whiskies of all types. It’s about making whisky fun, enjoyable and...
This week's Whisky Wednesday features a pure malt whisky named after its founder and a founding father of the Japanese whisky: Nikka's Taketsuru Pure Malt 12 year old. Whisky: Taketsuru 12 year old Pure Malt Distiller: Nikka Whisky Country: Japan Type: Vatted malt whisky ABV: 40% Colour (what does it look like?): Bright...
[caption id="attachment_1234" align="aligncenter" width="600"] We visited the Chichibu distillery - home of Ichiro's Malt - in Saitama, Japan - blog post to come![/caption] Happy New Year everyone! We took a well-earned break in Japan over Christmas and New Year (check out our Insta) but we're back, ready and raring...
Quite simply you need big B#*lls to open a business where you are at the mercy of the local community, building planners, and the Police. Heres a list of what you need to get everything underway: Money - Do you have enough? if you do then great,...
