Media Coverage
Since opening in 2006, Bar Little Happiness and owner-bartender Mika Tanimoto have been featured in many media outlets, from Hiroshima town magazines to national media and trade publications.
This page is updated regularly (last updated: April 2026).
Television
- September 2023｜BS Fuji, “Whiskypedia” (Sakurao Distillery episode)
Explained the whiskies of Sakurao Distillery.
Radio
- November 23, 2012｜Hiroshima FM, “Hiroshima Women’s Harmony”
Appeared as a guest, talking about the bar’s journey since opening, incorporation, and setting up social insurance for staff. - 2015｜Hiroshima Chupea, “Yoshino” — segment “Mika Tanimoto’s You Like Whisky, Don’t You?”
A segment set in a fictional bar called “Yoshino,” where she talks about whisky.
Books
- Bar to Whisky no Suteki Bible (A Lovely Bible of Bars and Whisky)
- Japanese Craft Whisky Dokuhon (Japanese Craft Whisky Reader)
- Wakako-zake, Vol. 13
Trade and Specialist Media
- July 15, 2011｜Suntory Whisky Voice
Featured in the official publication of Suntory, one of Japan’s leading whisky brands. - August 20, 2017｜CENTRAL PRESS, Hiroshima Association of Small and Medium Enterprise Owners
The association’s newsletter. - May 15, 2018｜“Hiroshima,” bulletin of the Hiroshima Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The bulletin published by the Hiroshima Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Newspapers
- June 14, 2019｜Chugoku Shimbun, “Petit Trip”
- February 20, 2017｜Asahi Shimbun
- December 23, 2008｜Daily Sports Hiroshima
- December 10, 2009｜Daily Sports Hiroshima
Magazines and Town Magazines
Wink Hiroshima
- November 23, 2008
- July 23, 2009
- June 23, 2012
- July 23, 2014
- July 23, 2015
Hiroshima Keizai Report (Hiroshima Economic Report)
- July 10, 2008
- June 18, 2009
- December 10, 2009
- July 8, 2010
- July 7, 2011
- July 12, 2012
- July 10, 2014
- July 9, 2015
- July 7, 2016
- July 6, 2017
- November 22, 2018
- April 11, 2024
Hiroshima Freak
- July 25, 2008
Tj Hiroshima
- March 25, 2009
Web Media
- July 14, 2014｜Nakeru! Hiroshima-ken
- July 2, 2015｜Shakatsu.(an interview site featuring Hiroshima company presidents and business owners)
Events Hosted and Presented
We have continuously created opportunities to invite producers to Hiroshima and let our guests talk with them directly.
- Swedish Whisky BOX Tasting
- Shizuoka Distillery (Gaia Flow) Whisky Tasting
- Arran Distillery Tasting
- Argot Chocolate Pairing Evening
- Event hosted by Rum & Sherry Setouchi
- LAODI 20th Anniversary Tasting
- Ian Chang Special Tasting
Community Contributions
- 2012｜Donation of a clinic in Ghana, Africa
To mark the bar’s 7th anniversary, we expressed our gratitude for all the connections we had received in a form that would last.
Read more: https://little-happiness.jp/en/columns/ghana-clinic-cape-coast/