The Sake Shop

09/07/2026

Hi everyone! Thank you to everyone whose called, yes, we’re open for our normal business hours today (Labor Day)🤙🏼🍶

Feel free to stop by for any of your sake, b**r, wh**ky, and shochu needs!☺️

Kanpai!

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09/05/2026

📢 Please join us for our special monthly Sake Tasting Event, September 12th from 4-7pm at The Sake Shop! 🍶

But wait! As you can see, this time we’re not just tasting high-end Junmai Daiginjo sake (from Snow-Aged to Summer Seasonal), but even their award-winning Hokkaido Gin and Rydeen Pilsner B**r 🤙🏼🍸🍻

It’s a really unique tasting lineup and, to top it all off, we’ll have a special guest from Hakkaisan Brewery to pour samples with us for you to try!

Many of you are probably a bit more familiar with this brewery nowadays thanks to their collaboration with the LA Dodgers as their Official Sake Partners.

Before crafting this baseball sake, though, Hakkaisan Sake Brewery has always been a famous brewery known for its ono & smooth sake from being aged in a snow room year round thanks to Niigata Prefecture’s super heavy snowfall. (It can get 3-stories high!!)

Our special guest is excited to see all the local Hakkaisan fans, so we hope to see you there! ☺️🍶

Kanpai!
*Must be 21+

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09/04/2026

🍶🌺 Our casual Aloha Friday Sake Tasting is today (09/04)

Stop in and ask for a sample!

We’ll be tasting through all Suigei Sake today: Suigei Tokubetsu Junmai, Suigei Kaju 39 Yuzu, and Suigei Harmony Junmai Daiginjo.

Kanpai! kakaako

*Must be 21+

09/03/2026

Join us this September 12th from 4-7PM for a special Hakkaisan Sake, Gin, & B**r Tasting! Ft. LA Dodgeres Sake, Snow-Aged Sake, Award-Wining Gin, Pilsner, A Special Guest, & more! Must be 21+

An email on a Thursday? There’s a good reason why we’re not sending it on a Monday like we normally do…and it’s because we forgot Monday is Labor Day 😅

09/03/2026

Suigei Yuzu Kaju 39
We’re on a roll with our sake from the Drunken Whale or Suigei brand! 🐋🍶

And I don’t think we posted about it when it came to Hawaii, but this Yuzu Sake is actually made with not just yuzu but a citrus mix!

Which makes sense since Kochi Prefecture produces one of the largest amounts of citruses 🍋🍊🍋‍🟩

The mix is made of yuzu, konatsu (orange), and naoshichi (sudachi/lime) which leans to its rich aroma and the best balance of juicy sweet notes then tart/sour and umami.😋

Kaju also has an alcohol content of just 9% and 39% fruit juice in the whole bottle making it perfect straight, on the rocks, mixed with soda, or even with hot water!

While I drink it by itself chilled❄️ You can always try drinking it and any yuzu sake with dishes that you’d normally squeeze lemon or lime on😉

Kanpai!

ABV: 9%

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09/02/2026

Suigei Harmony Blend 🐋
Junmai Daiginjo | Export Only!

A wonderful ‘harmony’ of Suigei’s various Junmai Daiginjo sake all in one bottle! 😉

Harmony Blend is light when you sip, has a mild fruity aroma, but is a semi-dry sake that you’ll want for any meal.

Clean and smooth, it was blended by Suigei’s Master Blender and is great chilled but really softens when room-temp!

It’s an ideal food-paring sake from tempura, salads, chicken, sushi, sashimi, and more.

You don’t have to stop with Japanese cuisine, this Junmai Daiginjo is said to pair well with even Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, and Mexican cuisine!

Btw, Suigei Harmony is only made for export only, so if you go Japan a lot you won’t find it there🙂‍↕️

Kanpai!

Polishing Ratio: 50%
ABV: 15%
Rice: Yamadanishiki

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08/28/2026

🍶🌺 Our casual Aloha Friday Sake Tasting is today (08/28)

Stop in and ask for a sample!

We’ll be tasting through a sake & 2 whiskies today: Koshi No Kanpai Amane Junmai Ginjo, Fuji Single Grain, & Fuji Single Blended.

Kanpai! kakaako

*Must be 21+

08/28/2026

Shimeharitsuru San Daiginjo
Polished to 38%!

A very refined sake that’s soft on the palate while clean & sharp on the finish✨

Miyao Shuzo has been brewing since 1819 in Niigata Prefecture and is noted for being one of the first to make Junmai grade sake back in 1965.

They decided to name this Daiginjo grade sake with the kanji 「盞」 “San” which means “Sakazuki,” a cup that you drink sake from.

With this name, they hope you enjoy the sake so much you’ll keep drinking the sake cup after cup!😉🍶

Elegant with a gentle Ginjo-like aroma, mellow at first before a clean finish that pairs well anything seafood! From smoked salmon, sushi, sashimi, grilled fish, and more😋

With its high-quality Yamadanishiki (“The King of Sake Rice!”) that’s been polished beyond 50% and pasteurized only once, it makes sense that they won the gold medal winning sake at the National New Sake Tasting Competition!

Kanpai!

ABV: 16%
Acidity: 1.2
SMV: +5.0

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08/27/2026

Some good news for the week, all Fuji Whiskies are back in, woho! ☺️🥃 Mahalo for waiting & Kanpai!

Also, here’s a quick recap below in case this is the first time you’re hearing about whiskies from Fuji Gotemba Distillery at the base of Mt. Fuji:

Fuji Single Malt 🟡 (Brand new to Hawaii!)
Scotch Style Malt that has notes of peat though with a slightly sweeter aroma of apples & crème brûlée.

Very flavorful & rich with a smooth mouthfeel, from notes of peaches to fruit tarts before a longer lingering finish.

Fuji Single Blended 🔵 (Brand new to Hawaii!)
With a lower proof of 86, Fuji Single Blended is incredibly softer and more creamy on the palate. The aroma has fun notes of coca and bright notes of peach.

As you’d expect by its aroma, you’ll taste notes of fruits and even hints of citrus and nuts!

Fuji Single Grain 🔴
Has notes of rye but with an almost more corn forward taste paired with a nice raspberry aroma and mellow caramel, orange, and grape like sweetness on the palate before an oaky and spicy finish!

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08/26/2026

Koshi no Kanbai Amane
Junmai Ginjo

From a famous brand in Niigata Prefecture, they’re usually known for their classic clean, crisp, dry-style of sake!

“A softer expression of the traditional Niigata style, gentle and welcoming at first sip with savory flavor notes coming to the fore. Smooth and easy-drinking, one glass always calls for another.”

Slightly more aromatic than the usual Koshi No Kanbai as well, Amane still carries a slight body and its finish is still that classic dry style.

There’s hints of sweet rice and citrus notes but as it warms up you’ll get much nicer umami flavors!

Just as its English name (Easy Rider) implies, this sake is a great and easy day drinking sake with its clean finish! Perfect for the sushi bar from Nigiri to Tenmaki and even different cuisines like Italian and more!

Kanpai!

Rice: Gohyakumangoku
Polish Ratio: 55%
SMV: +1
ABV: 14%
Acidity: 1.2

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