The Best Places to Drink in Osaka
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The best places to drink in Osaka, according to the experts: The 50, Spirited Awards, and Difford's Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Bar Nayuta comes out on top.
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Bar Hiramatsu and Bar Juniper hold the next two places. The 50 shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with Difford's Guide next.
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Rank 1. Bar Nayuta
Cocktail Bar
The awards
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Rank 2. Bar Hiramatsu
Japanese Cocktail Bar
A standing-room cocktail bar tucked inside the Herbis Osaka luxury mall, Bar Hiramatsu pulls between two registers: serious Japanese whisky poured with the reverence you'd expect, and Ginza-style seasonal fruit cocktails that read more like dessert. The bar snacks lean surprisingly meaty, running from salami to haggis, which is not a sentence you expect to type about Osaka. It earned a spot on The 50 Discovery list.
The awards
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Rank 2. Bar Juniper
Japanese Cocktail Bar
Shelves of gin bottles arranged like a pharmacist's careful inventory set the tone at this sleek cocktail bar in Dojima. The focus is entirely on gin, from local Japanese labels to imported rarities, some aged close to a century. Gimlets and Martinis are the backbone, though versions built around yuzu or cherry blossom keep things from feeling too earnest. A 50 Best Discovery listing tracks the buzz. Sit at the bar; that's the whole point.
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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Rank 2. Bible Club Osaka
Cocktail Bar
The awards
- The 50 The 50: The 50 Discovery
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- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide: Difford's Guide