Waltz: Japanese Cocktail Culture Expressed in Seasonality

Our guest is Gento Torigata who is the owner and mixologist of Waltz in East London. After diverse culinary and bartending experiences in Japan, Australia and Singapore, Gento moved to London and opened Waltz in April 2024. Waltz is truly a unique place. With his traditional Japanese mindset of appreciating seasonality, Gento offers original cocktails inspired by micro seasons along with Japanese hospitality, or Omotenashi. In this episode, we will discuss how Gento has built a strong career as a bartender through his global experiences, how he creates cocktails based on Japanese traditional micro seasonal calendars called NIjyushi Sekki and Shichiju Niko, the essence of Omotenashi Gento aims to practice at Waltz and much, much more!!! See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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Waltz: Japanese Cocktail Culture Expressed in Seasonality is an episode from Japan Eats by Heritage Radio Network.

This episode is 00:44:29 long.

This episode was published on Aug 21, 2025.

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