Bar Jimador

Named after the jimador, or workers who harvest the agave used for distilling, this hidden bar on the second floor of a building five minutes’ walk from Yushima Station is a dash of Mexico in the middle of Tokyo. The dark, cosy interior is flanked by bright red walls, and the bar itself is lined with carved wooden chairs. Rare tequila bottles and Mexican figurines complete the picture. Customers can puff on Cuban cigars and sip mezcal from jicaras, traditional mezcal cups made from the fruit of the calabash tree. The Mezcarita, a mezcal-based margarita with salt and chilli powder adorning the glass rim, is not to be missed.