Blog
Last Saturday marked our first Gumi Appreciation Night! After nearly 10 years of Sake Gumi,...
Just down the road from Ikehara Shuzo on Ishigaki Island is Seifuku, renowned awamori and liqueur maker....
It’s hard to believe it’s been five years since Shochu Gumi was born, in December2019....
Otokoyama Brewery in Asahikawa, Hokkaido. Photos by Yoko Otokoyama or Man’s Mountain sake has always...
What: Mid-winter ryokan getaway tripWhere: Seiryuusou ryokan, Shimonita, Gunma Prefecture (about 3 hours from Shinjuku...
Unfortunately (fortunately maybe), I don't have the pictures to prove it - but I ate...
In Japan, a must-do destination was DisneySea. Yoko blogged about it a while back, and...
I first heard about Matsuura Shuzo in our friend Hannah Kirshner’s book Water, Wood, and...
This month's Onikoroshi sakes enjoyed at our latest staff outing at Hog Island Oyster in...
Join us for an afternoon of food, drinks, and friends to celebrate Bartavelle and our...
Shirataki Shuzo makes sakes that embody the tanrei-karakuchi (light and dry) style of Niigata. You...
Honeybee on a plum blossom in Oakland on a spring day. Photo by Yoko Some of...