22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Tokyo bartender Hideyuki Saito on graffiti-themed cocktails that bring ‘world to life'
Globetrotting bartender Hideyuki Saito has created a graffiti-themed cocktail menu melding art, travel and taste.
Saito, the senior director of bars at the Tokyo Edition hotels in the Japanese capital's Ginza and Toranomon neighbourhoods, has drawn on a decade of visits to various countries for the menu.
He began his bartending career in Tokyo but left in 2010 to work in London, New York, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. In 2017, he was one of eight bartenders to reach the final of the Bacardi Legacy global cocktail competition in Berlin, Germany.
After 10 years abroad, Saito returned to Japan to join Tokyo Edition in 2020.
Hideyuki Saito left Tokyo in 2010 and worked in London, New York, Southeast Asia and the Middle East before returning to join Tokyo Edition in 2020. Photo: The Tokyo Edition Toranomon
