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Mix a splash of modern metropolitan Tokyo with a twist of classic French sophistication and a dash of secrecy, and you’ve got the blueprint for <a href="https://www.fourseasons.com/otemachi/dining/restaurants/virtu/?DestinAsian">Virtù</a>, the 39th-floor flagship bar at <a href="https://destinasian.com/tokyo-hotels-four-seasons-hotel-tokyo-at-otemachi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Four Seasons Otemachi</a>, one of Tokyo’s top hotels. As soon as you step inside <a href="https://www.fourseasons.com/otemachi/dining/restaurants/virtu/?DestinAsian">Virtù</a>, it’s impossible not to be captivated by the shimmering golden interior and the moody lighting, which guides you straight to the bottle-lined counter at the back of the bar.
The selection here is endless, but gliding between bottles, the staff clearly know their way around the near impossibly long selection of spirits and liqueurs. No matter your taste, this elegant hideout is well-supplied to satisfy and surprise. Our tip, though, is to leave your fate in the expert hands of Virtù’s bartenders, who reinterpret classic French flavors and Japanese staples to create concoctions that are nuanced and diverse, like the signature Smoked Ume Fashioned cocktail, a combination of homemade brandy-fortified umeshu (plum wine), Japanese whiskey, and hinoki bitters. —Lucy Dayman
<a href="https://www.fourseasons.com/otemachi/dining/restaurants/virtu/?DestinAsian" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fourseasons.com</a> 
+81 3 6810 0655 
<a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/xjfScUML2crG2fpi7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">39/F Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi, 1-2-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan</a>

A mixologist pouring cocktails at Virtù, the flagship bar at Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi.

Virtù: Secret Sophistication