The women behind Tokyo's viral Muscle Girls bar say all their flexing has a deeper meaning in a country where beauty most often means thinness: "I wish more people would appreciate the beauty of muscle." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/11/14/lifestyle/muscle-girls-japan-feminine-beauty-standards/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #lifestyle #musclegirls #bars #exercise #health #beauty
Raise a glass to Japanese craft beer as Libushi Bashamichi's Existing is Exhausting brew picks up the Best American Style IPA prize. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/14/food-drink/libushi-bashamichi-best-american-ipa-award/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #alcohol #beer #bars #yokohama
Tokyo is still the region’s top performer, but Hong Kong is now the talk of the town with Bar Leone named the world’s best bar. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/10/food-drink/worlds-50-best-bars-2025-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #alcohol #drinking #bars #worlds50bestbars #tokyo
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Drink Japan at Sangai — each cocktail in its "omakase" tasting menu has a Japanese element or ingredient. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/09/23/food-drink/shingo-gokan-sangai-bar-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #alcohol #drinking #sake #bars
Round off your next coffee shop-hop in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa with a visit to Fukagawa Distillery. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/08/10/food-drink/gin-fukagawa-distillery-kiyosumi-shirakawa/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #alcohol #drinking #bars #coffee
How did your favorite bar perform on this year’s list? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/07/17/food-drink/2025-asias-50-best-bars-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #fooddrink #drinking #alcohol #bars #awards #asias50bestbars #tokyo
Many stab wounds and scratches have been found on the bodies of two women who were killed at a girls bar in Shizuoka Prefecture on Sunday, investigative sources have disclosed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/08/japan/crime-legal/girls-bar-stab-wounds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #shizuoka #stabbings #bars
A customer allegedly stabbed to death two women working at a girls bar in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, in the early hours of Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/crime-legal/girls-bar-workers-stabbed-to-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #shizuoka #japanesepolice #stabbings #bars
Police arrested the owner of a Kabukicho girls bar on the day a newly revised law on sex-related businesses went into effect. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/japan/crime-legal/kabukicho-girls-bar-owner-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #kabukicho #tokyo #bars