February 26, 2026
This month's sake selection for Sake Gumi: Tengumai 50 Junmai Daiginjo and Tama the Cat...
January 17, 2026
Entrance to Fukumitsuya Brewery in Kanazawa I first met Ayako Nakamura last year in July...
December 23, 2025
The red bar represents ethyl caporate. CEL-24 (far right) is off the charts This month...
June 18, 2025
This month’s sakes tried on the rocks and with soda I write this in mid-June...
May 15, 2025
Arriving at Heiwa Shuzo as the sun was setting Before visiting Wakayama last August, the only...
May 15, 2025
President Toshimitsu Saika of Kokonoe Saika All members of Sake Gumi this month are getting Kokonoe...
May 1, 2025
NamaFest 2025 was a bona-fide festival! It was twice the size of last year's event,...
April 20, 2025
While Dassai has been a household name in Japan for decades, it's just the beginning...
March 28, 2025
L-R: Me, Miho Imada and Kayoko at the shop in summer of 2024 Miho Imada has...
September 14, 2024
Shirataki Shuzo makes sakes that embody the tanrei-karakuchi (light and dry) style of Niigata. You...
September 14, 2024
Honeybee on a plum blossom in Oakland on a spring day. Photo by Yoko Some of...
August 15, 2024
Visit the Amabuki Shuzo weekdays 9a-12pm, 1-5pm. Photos courtesy of the brewery. Both bottles this...