“Created in spring 1952 by bartender Kenji Tanaka at the Imperial Hotel in Kyoto, the Kyoto Flyer was designed as a bridge between cultures during the post-war period of cultural exchange. Named for the American pilots who frequented the hotel bar and the "flying" sensation of its first sip, it combined Japanese whisky with maraschino liqueur (a nod to the Aviation cocktail) and yuzu liqueur for distinctly Japanese identity. The drink became the signature of the Imperial Hotel and was considered the most fashionable cocktail in Japan through the late 1950s and early 1960s before falling out of favor, only to be rediscovered during the craft cocktail renaissance of the early 2000s.”