Are You A Mountain Man? (or Woman)
OTOKOYAMA SAKE TASTING! For many people in Hawaii, Otokoyama was their first taste of premium sake. Otokoyama Tokubetsu Junmai is a staple at most Japanese restaurants and is known [...]
Spring Namazake Tasting
It's officially SPRING at The Sake Shop! (Although it's been hard to tell with all the VOG recently.) So what's the best way to welcome Spring to Hawaii? [...]
Mizbasho Sake Tasting
MIZBASHO SAKE TASTING! Mizbasho is a very popular sake here at the shop. The Nagai brothers put out a really good product that is both consistent and [...]
Happy New Year!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu! Happy New Year to everyone from The Sake Shop! We managed to survive the holidays (just barely) and are looking forward [...]
Everything Kikusui!
EVERYTHING KIKUSUI! Kikusui Junmai Ginjo is a favorite at the shop and a sake that many of you are already familiar with. Who can resist the clean [...]
Holiday Sake Tasting & Sale
HOLIDAY SAKE TASTING & SALE Ho Ho Ho! Seasons Greetings from The Sake Shop! Christmas is just around the corner, and many of you have already stopped [...]
John Gauntner’s Sake Professional Course
John Gauntner's Sake Professional Course Many of you may already be familiar with John Gauntner, otherwise known as the "Sake Guy". John is the GURU of all things [...]
A Taste of Autumn
A TASTE OF AUTUMN It's Autumn! For most people around the world this means the seasons are changing, the temperature has begun to cool off and the [...]
Happy Sake Day!
This Friday is Sake Day, and of course we plan to celebrate it at the shop! Now I know you're thinking that this is some fictitious holiday we made [...]
Nanbu Bijin Tokubetsu Junmai
Nanbu Bijin Brewery (formerly known as Kuji Brewery) began it's existence as a sake retailer in 1902 and then began brewing sake in 1915. The current owner [...]