CONTENTS
World Topics

Secretly popular in Sao Paulo, Brazil!
The Punch Bar, a Japanese-style cocktail bar

Cocktails

Illumination
Hajime Yamasaki／山﨑創世
Cocktails

Red Hot Chili Coffee（Not Peppers）
Hajime Yamasaki／山﨑創世
Interview

Grace Note:
Moved from Osaka University of Arts Drum Major to
Becoming a part of Kyoto's bar scene!
- Part 2 -
Pick Up

Appearance of "Shizutani En" with over 2 million followers on SNS!
Interview with Kazunori Shizuya about the future of the whiskey scene.
- Part 2 -
Interview

Grace Note:
It's been in business for one year, yet it has the look and feel of a famous restaurant!
Speakeasy in a back alley in Kyoto.
- Part 1 -
Cocktails

I Feel Good!! – WASABI Crush Slush
Hajime Yamasaki／山﨑創世
World Topics

Not a counter, but a living room!
Visit Fréquence, a bar from Paris that feels like a friend's house.
Pick Up

100% domestic whiskey production begins in Taiki Town, Hokkaido!
Kazunori Shizuya of Taiki Cosmic Glen Distillery
- Part 1 -

BARTENDER & COCKTAIL

This month's featured bartender【Hajime Yamasaki／山﨑創世】by 「Grace Note」

INTERVIEW

04.04.2025

Grace Note:
Moved from Osaka University of Arts Drum Major to
Becoming a part of Kyoto's bar scene!
- Part 2 -

Drink Planet編集部　撮影：大島拓也

Less than a year after its opening, Grace Note is a small hideaway bar in a back alley that is crowded with inbound guests and local Kyoto bar lovers.We asked owner-bartender Soze Yamazaki about her biography and her thoughts as a leader of Kyoto's bar scene.

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