JAPAN

Kaori Kurakami, head bartender at Bar High Five, Tokyo

Mari Kamata, beverage manager, The Peninsula, Tokyo

Mayu Yamane Hi, public relations for Japan Mezcal Association, Tokyo

Hiroko Murata, freelance bartender,Tokyo

Mariko Shigenai, owner and bartender at The Bar Rose Garden, Hachinohe

Akiko Nakamura, head bartender at The Door, Kyoto

Saori Fukuram, owner and bartender at Bar Cove, Kobe

Mayu Kanaya, bartender at D-Heartman, Tokyo

Masako Ohta, owner and bartender at Bar Skye, Osaka

Yuu Okazaki, owner and bartender at Bar AVANTI, Tokyo

Reika Ono, owner and bartender at Bar Le Bateau, Kobe

Tomomi Murakami, owner and bartender at BAR ARCHE, Tokushima

Naoko Matsusaka, owner and bartender at SOULTOSOU, Hachinohe

Aki Kakiuchi, bar manager and head bartender at CURTAIN CALL, Aichi

Yasuyo Sato, owner and bartender at Bar KANADE, Sapporo

Tomomi Tanaka, bartender at Bar el CAMINO, Kobe

Yumiko Suzuki, manager and head bartender at BAR BROWN, Oita

Makiko Otsu, owner and bartender at BAR SEBEK, Fukuoka

Misato Narita, bartender at BAR TIGRATO, Tokyo

Miku Yamazaki, bartender at Minibar, Kyoto

Maya Ito, owner and bartender at Coffee&Bar RosePapillon, Kobe

Yu Abiko, bartender at Bar Newjack, Yokohama

Asami Sato, bartender at Platform 9, Pullman Tokyo Tamachi

Mina Ebihara, freelance bartender and master blender of Hinata Gin, Tokyo

Misaki Masutani, bartender at TONY’S BAR, Fukuoka

Tomoe Osawa, head bartender at Bar Adonis, Tokyo

Sayo Toyokawa, owner and bartender at Bar BLUE, Kumamoto

Mai Murasaki,  owner and bartender at BAR 34°, Kobe

Mano Takayo, head bartender at Bar Vacanza, Mishima

Kana Arai, bartender at BAR AVANTI, Tokyo

Miyako Tanaka, Kobe Bar Group general manager, Kobe

Nao Tsukada, owner and barista / bartender at Knopp, Osaka

Kristel Reb Alvar, bartender at Peter Bar The Peninsula Tokyo

Risa Ito, Bbar manager at Gion Yata, Kyoto

Takami MatsukI, owner and barista / bartender at Cafeplus, Kobe

Yui Ogata, bartender at Wine&Bar, Miyazaki

Yukiyo Kurihara, manager of bars, Mandarin Oriental Tokyo

Yoko Mori owner and bartender at Bar Mousse, Kyoto

Honoka Kishi, bartender at Bar Hiramatsu Umeda, Osaka

Misumi Takagi, bartender at Bar BenFiddich, Tokyo

Rimi Ikuta, bartender at BAR SLOPPY JOE, Kobe

Aya Hoshi, bartender at Bar Dealan-Dé, Tokyo

Sumire Miyanohara, bartender and bar owner of Bar Orchard Ginza, Tokyo

Yukiko Watanabe, bar supervisor at The Lounge, Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi, Tokyo

Wakana Murata, bartender at Gold Bar, Tokyo