
Food & Drink | KANPAI CULTURE Feb 13, 2021
SG Low: A street culture-inspired izakaya gets the speakeasy treatment
by Melinda Joe
SG Group’s newest cocktail bar has a pared-down atmosphere, but the food and drinks have a high-class global twist.
SG Low: A street culture-inspired izakaya gets the speakeasy treatment
SG Group’s newest cocktail bar has a pared-down atmosphere, but the food and drinks have a high-class global twist.
Some Japanese prefectures to extend requests for restaurants to close early
Beyond the 10 prefectures that are subject to an extended state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic, seven prefectures will maintain their own requests for restaurants and bars to close early, a Jiji Press survey has shown. The seven prefectures are Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, ...
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