While most of Tokyo’s coolest bars are underground ones – both literally and figuratively – sometimes you want to drink up high. And with the capital’s insatiable appetite for upward expansion, the variety of drinking destinations offering incredible views to go along with a carefully crafted cocktail or cup of fine sake is pretty remarkable.
If you only have time for one sky-high boozer, make it the out-of-sight Bulgari Bar. Part of the Italian jewellery house’s very own Tokyo hotel, this semi-alfresco rooftop stunner is perched on the 45th floor of the Midtown Yaesu skyscraper and boasts gemstone-grade cocktails and mocktails to go with the billion-yen vista directly westward.
Tip: arrive between 6 and 7pm to marvel at the sunset – and enjoy a complimentary platter of fancy bar bites.