The eastern side of Tokyo is home to many old-fashioned bars. In this area, the Shitamachi Highball (Shochu Highball), commonly known as "Ball," is a unique amber-colored chuhai with extract. It is said that this was due to a desire for Western spirits and a way to make the continuously distilled shochu, which was still in development, more palatable.
The downtown area's Ball, which is the opposite of the Yamate area, where lemon sours and vice sours are the mainstays, is cheap, easy to drink, and powerful, making it as popular as ever. It's not uncommon to find bars where all the customers are drinking Ball.
This time, we will introduce 10 popular bars that serve this iconic downtown bar, which can be considered a kind of local sake. Now, let's begin our chuhai tour. Please watch until the end.
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