Charles Schumann.

Cocktails in the monastery: Charles Schumann's month-long visit to Japan

Roland Graf, 04.03.2024

It's a "guest shift", as unusual as it is fitting for a bar legend: Charles Schumann moves from Munich's Hofgarten to a Zen temple in Kyoto. We have the details of the 82-year-old Japan fan's guest appearance.

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Charles Schumann has been in Tokyo twice recently. In the "Flying Bumblebee" bar dedicated to classic drinks, the Munich native himself stood ready with a shaker - a sight practically never seen in the Hofgarten - at a Sunday movie soirée. The documentary "Schumann's Bar Conversations" was shown, which also contains a detailed section on Tokyo. But this time the Japanese capital is just the prelude. From March 1 to 30, the founder of Schumann's Bar will be making an unusual guest appearance in the old imperial city of Kyoto.

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