By any time from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM this Saturday (12/13).🙇🏻‍♀️

We hope to see you there and that you’ll have a moment to enjoy some sake over the holiday weekend ☺️🍶

Kanpai!
*Must be 21+

For gifting and to celebrate with. 🎁🥳

Above all else, it’ll be a great time to see for yourself and just to learn more about how good blended sake can taste!

If you want to learn more about these 3 sake, from their tasting notes and food pairings, please make sure to stop…

Of 3 Junmai Daiginjo Sake from IWA, each polished all the way to 35%🌾, to taste:

IWA 5 Assemblage 4
IWA 5 Assemblage 5
IWA 5 Reserves

What better time to enjoy these high-end sake than during the holiday season and, while on the premium side of taste and price, it’s perfect…

These blended and high-end sake at The Sake Shop this December 13th, from 1:00 - 5:00 PM w/some special help by Brenton Blanchard! A specialist in the wine & spirits industry who introduced IWA 5 all across the US, from Michelin restaurants to shops like us!

We’ll have a total…

Traditional nihonshu while bringing in new techniques to make highly premium assemblage sake w/partners like Richard Geoffroy, Fifth Chef De Cave for Dom Pérignon Champagne! (Yes, THE Dom Pérignon Champagne Maker for nearly 3 decades).

So let’s celebrate this rare chance to try

Delicate Japanese Melon, rich White Peach, and subtle Ume Plum harmonize with Yuzu and Japanese tea, creating a distinctly bright gin with a hint of fruit that captures the fleeting beauty of peak ripeness.”

They even recommend you try it in a Gin Fizz 👀 Kanpai!

ABV: 43%

Before a clean finish with help from the ginger. Perfect to sip or mix with!😘 #japanesegin

“Roku Gin brings you Minori Select Edition, a limited release that celebrates Japan’s seasonal abundance with a refined blend of handpicked fruits and botanicals…

Grand Prix at the U.S. National Sake Appraisal🏅, and the a rating of 90 points with the sake version of Parker Points!

With this elegant sake, you can enjoy it with with various cuisines, Kanpai!

Polishing Ratio: 35%
ABV: 16%
SMV: +3.0
Acidity: 1.3
Rice: Yamadanishiki

Experiencing its smooth and delicate sip!

“Refined yet full of flavor, “Kinmuku” has an evocative flavor to chew on, a slight natural sweetness and, underlying it all, the taste and feel of pure springwater.”

This sake is also award winning, from international awards, from a…

Have a new Roku Gin for people to try for the first time! 🍸

Our last high-end sake we’ll be tasting is: ⚪️ Koshi No Kanbai Kinmuku Junmai Daiginjo

Before you even take a sip, you’ll have notes of melon, orange blossom, and even sweet rice like dumplings on the nose before…

Hint of figs and honey.”

Like other Koshu (Aged) Sake, it has become incredibly smooth on the palate, and this one is specifically neither too sweet or dry with its mild rich notes. Perfect to just sip on or pair for a sushi dinner!

Kanpai!

PR: 40%
ABV: 17.5%
SMV:0
Acidity:1.5
Rice: Yamadanishiki

Feature some high-end sake you wouldn’t usually have the chance to sample! #nihonshu #japanesesake

Which is why we’re doing “Akitabare’s finest daiginjo, aged twenty years at 38°F in the bottle, is suffused with a golden glow. Aging has bestowed depth and refinement, and imbued its flavor with a…

We’ll keep this post short, but, yes, we’ll also be open during our normal business hours tomorrow (11/28) & will even be hosting our all-day Casual Aloha Friday Tasting 🌺🍶

We’ll be tasting the newly arrived Gangi Yuunagi Junmai Daiginjo & these two delicious flavored umeshu

The stepped piers alongside Yaoshin Brewery’s local river 🌊

They created Gangi Yuunagai to be a smooth sake that reminds you of the calm during twilight 🌆 on the Nishikigawa river as it flows inland.

Kanpai!

PR: 45%
ABV: 16%
SMV: 4
Acidity: 1.8
Rice: Gohyakumangoku

Balances notes of umami & grain against a slightly higher acidity with a refreshing finish.

🎁 Gift it, Sip it, or Pair it with anything grilled, sashimi, & even chicken dishes like yakitori or chicken salad! 🍣🍗🥗

Brewed in Yamaguchi Prefecture, the term Gangi is named for…

🐎Junmai Daiginjo “Year of the Horse”
❣️Junmai Daiginjo “Anna”
💙Junmai Ginjo “Kona”
☕️Kona Coffee Flavored Sake (Yes, you read right!)
🍋Lilikoi Flavored Sake

And Islander’s New Year’s Sake—Year of the Horse 2026 Junmai Daiginjo will be poured too!

“Delicately balanced with a hint of natural sweetness and the crisp fragrance of freshly picked apples.

And, last but not least, here’s all FIVE sake that we’ll be sampling this Saturday: