Hotel Okura Tokyo

My August photo here is a throwback to when I visited the famous Orchid Bar on its last night of existence in 2015, ten years ago today.

Highland Malt, The Macallan, Distilled on new year’s eve of 1939, Gordon & MacPhail in Elgin, Scotland. My lucky number Decanter No. 11. I wonder what happened to that bottle.

It was a special night in a place that had hosted every President since Nixon, James Bond, and numerous other movies shot here. The building was demolished in 2015 and relaunched in 2019. I haven’t been to the new one yet, but I will note it for my next visit to Tokyo. As it was such a special moment in time, I’ve included a few more photos from that night, which I spent with my friends Om, Naveen, Jane, and a gentleman whose name I unfortunately cannot recall.