BAR NIGHTINGALE interview by ALEPH MOLINARI portrait by NILS EDSTRÖM ALEPH MOLINARI — What makes your bar, Nightingale, unique? MASARU HATANAKA — My bar originally opened in 2001, and about a decade ago, we shifted to a membership-only model. Today, we have around 10 regular customers in Japan, along with visitors from around the world. Admission is very limited: you have to be introduced by your friends. This creates a sense of connection and trust among customers, who often find themselves seated next to someone they know or someone with whom they can connect. Whether famous or not, the customers of my bar are mostly artists and musicians, rather than cultural consumers. They are almost exclusively artists who seek the unknown and the extraordinary. My idea for Nightingale has always been to create a small place where creators from around the world — who are mostly curious about one…