Juso Tris Bar Hon Ten

A bar serving highballs made with Suntory's "Toris" whiskey mixed with soda gained popularity among salarymen and students, especially during the 1950s and 60s. It all started when a bar owner in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, put up the "Toris Bar" sign 50 years ago. Suntory organized the bars by standardizing prices and distributing promotional materials, leading to a peak of about 20,000 locations nationwide in 1960. According to Suntory's public relations department, only a handful of the original Toris Bars remain today, including the Juso Toris.