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Experimentations in Wood (October 2022)
September 24, 2022
Aging alcohol in wood is an ancient technique, and in Japan, sugi or Japanese cedar...
Meet Yoko Kumano, Umami Mart Visual Director
September 21, 2022
You all know Yoko Kumano, co-founder and Sake Director of Umami Mart. She's a creative jack-of-all-trades and...
Ken Hirata of Hawaiian Shochu Company
August 30, 2022
In the fall of 2018, I visited Hawaiian Shochu Company (HSC) in the little town...
Shochu Gumi n.012: Filtration, Ohhh La La September 2022
August 30, 2022
Shochu Gumi is our quarterly sake subscription service with 70 members throughout the country. Join today! Filtration, or roka...
The Terroir of Iwate Sake (September 2022)
August 29, 2022
Daiji Shimizu Spring in Iwate (photo courtesy of Asabiraki) Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription...
10 Year Matsuri
August 23, 2022
10 Year Matsuri on August 6, 2022 at Umami Mart On a cloudy Saturday morning...
10 Years of Umami Mart
August 13, 2022
Here we are, 10 years after opening our doors at 815 Broadway, August 3, 2022....
Sippers for Summer - Gin Sonic with Osuzu Gin
August 12, 2022
Hi everybody!  Ian here, hoping all of you good people are enjoying the dog days...
Umami Mart 10 Year Logo by Mike Cerwonka
July 31, 2022
What I love most about our community is all the creativity that grows here. I...
Extreme Junmai 90: Interview with Yoshi Sako
July 28, 2022
To celebrate 10 Years of Umami Mart, Kayoko and I have been collaborating with our...
Celebrating 10 Years of Umami Mart (August 2022)
July 27, 2022
Sake Gumi is our monthly sake subscription service with 250 members throughout the country. Join today! On...
Sakqueso! 2022
July 3, 2022
It's been two years since we did Sakqueso! in person, and it's GREAT to be...