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A step-by-step recipe on making fluffy steamed rice cooked with Snow crab, enoki and shiitake mushrooms, and kombu. Delicious and full of umami flavors!

Jeon are savory Korean pancakes that are more like eggy omelets. Here's a step by step recipe to make real crab jeon using canned snow crab.

Find out more about our brand new sakewares, including our very own Sake Gumi logo carafe and an elegant glass sake cup to enjoy ginjo and daiginjo sake.

A Sake Gumi members-only field trip to Sequoia Sake Brewery in San Francisco. Featuring facility tour and a sake tasting with food pairing. Limited tickets!

The gyoza machine from Japan is a solid steel uni-tasker that produces at least 10 gyozas per minute – up to 750 pieces per hour!!!

For our May Sake Gumi offerings, we've chosen 4 sakes that'll taste great with smoky, spicy, and grilled foods – just in time for the upcoming summer BBQs!

Our entire Diamond Cut glassware line is on sale, including Toyo-Sasaki Hard Strong and our popular Diamond Cut Mixing Glasses, shaker, and bitters bottles!

Mr. Shuzo Nagumo is a mad scientist behind the bar. With a twinkle in his eye and a firm stance when shaking, he has started a cocktail revolution in Tokyo that is a great departure from the cocktail bars we've become used to in Japan. That is:...

A fun night was had by all at our sake pairing dinner at Camino in Oakland. Read more about what we ate and drank on that special night.

A boxed gift set featuring 6 one-cup sakes, ranging from extra-dry to sweet + sparkling. Comes with a Sake Tasting Notebook and wrapped in decorative box.

When we first launched Umami Mart in 2007, we were a wee food and drink blog. I informed NYers about secret ramen spots, Yoko mused about weird foods in Japan, Anders updated us about the latest on controversial food packaging, Erin uploaded

Photo recap of Kayoko's Cherry Blossom Cobbler Birthday Festival 3000 at Holy Mountain in San Francisco, featuring Sherry Cobblers and Nikka Whiskies.

A subtle concave petal pattern circles the base of the Petal Highball. Made with Toyo-Sasaki's Hard Strong glass-strengthening technology.

Scroll to the bottom for updated recipe notes and photo! - Kayoko, 6/30/2020Ah, Mexico. We went to Cabo San Lucas over New Year's and had a magical time. We were captivated by the sea breeze... ... the abundantly fresh seafood...

I'm happy to report that we had a successful fundraising event for Tohoku last month. This was our first collaboration with UC Berkeley's Center for Japanese Studies, and we'd all agree that it was awesome. Despite the massive rain that...

A two-piece shaker that doesn't have an integrated strainer, so it's lighter, more compact, and there's more room for the drink to interact with air and ice

April sakes ship today for Sake Gumi, our monthly sake subscription club. If you like what's on deck here, you should join! To celebrate the start of rice-planting season in April, we are highlighting the most popular sake rice Yamada Nishiki. Why is it the...

April 21st -- my birthday -- is a big deal in Kayokoland. In high school, my best friends would show up at my bedroom window with balloons and breakfast. My 21st birthday was spent in Positano, Italy, like Marisa Tomei in Only...

The first time I learned how to make matcha was from my grandmother, Baba-chan, in Tokyo. I was in second grade when she first showed me how to make matcha. I quickly forgot about it when I moved back to California in...

Yoskay's Pothead Planters are limited edition, handmade sculptural pieces. Bring a cool art piece into your home – one that does double duty as a plant pot!