The sliding glass doors of the open onto a shoebox-size tasting room with immaculate white walls anchored by a curved white counter. Test tubes, beakers and bottles of Fukagawa Distillery¡¯s seasonal gins, each bearing a vividly colored label, line the shelves. Through a window behind the eight-seater bar, a gleaming copper-and-glass still takes pride of place in a room of steel tanks. The space feels both futuristic and nostalgic ¡ª part steampunk-spaceship, part alchemist¡¯s laboratory.
Tucked in a residential corner of Koto Ward¡¯s Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, a Tokyo neighborhood better known for art galleries and coffee shops than spirits, Fukagawa Distillery represents a creative, entrepreneurial spirit in Tokyo¡¯s drink scene.
The distillery was established by glassmaker Kouki Sekiya and bartender Kouta Kobayashi in 2023.
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