Tokyo Shift

San Francisco Magazine Luke Tsai Liz Daly From whisky highballs to a sake and shochu tasting room: The Bay Area’s craft-beverage scene is turning a little more Japanese. In the nearly seven years since Kayoko Akabori and Yoko Kumano opened Umami Mart, their stylish Japanese barware and kitchenware store in Oakland, the two have cemented their reputation as consummate tastemakers for all things Japanese. If you want to know what kind of cocktail shaker the most celebrated bartenders in Tokyo ar...