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We've just added two new cocktail glasses to our roster of fine Japanese glassware from Kimura Glass Company: The FunkZx Martini Glass and the Stella Coupe.

For the fifth anniversary of the Tohoku disaster, we are teaming up with the Center for Japanese Studies at UC Berkeley to bring you TOHOKU SPRINGS BACK, an evening of food, drinks, music and dancing.

The Birdy CS500 has a sleek, sexy design that helps chill drinks and prevents watery cocktails. And it has Jim Meehan of PDT's stamp of approval!

Top 3 ramen shops in the Bay Area. Ramen is a touchy subject in the Bay Area. Scratch that, it is a touchy subject ANYWHERE.

Adding falernum to your rum or tequila drink will take your mouth on a tropical vacation. Find out how to use this sweet, spicy syrup in your next cocktail.

At our third annual Japan Beer Fest at the Trappist, we offered 30+ microbrews from Japan and fried rice from Ramen Shop. It was rad.

The makers of beloved Japanese Hitachino craft beer (Kiuchi Brewery) will distill whisky next!

It was our true pleasure to visit the Hitachino Brewery in Japan last week where Hitachino Nest is brewed.

A sprinkle of this Matcha Salt can finish and elevate a dish with earthy umami flavor. Handmixed for Umami Mart by Oaktown Spice Shop.

This video flips through Jiro Gastronomy, a full-color book of 60 pieces of sushi served at famed Tokyo restaurant, Sukiyabashi Jiro. Get ready to drool...

Jitsuraku Tokubetsu Junmai Kimoto, Shichi Hon Yari “The Seven Spearsmen” Junmai, Yamato Shizuku Junmai, Inemankai “Ine’s Full Bloom” Red Junmai Genshu sake.

We ate at Oreno Dashi in Akasaka, Tokyo, which specializes in oden and soba made by Michelin-starred chefs.

Visiting Tsukiji Sushiko, best cheap sushi in Tokyo, to eat Shirako fish sperm.

Join us at the Trappist in Oakland for Japan Beer Fest on Jan 24, 2016 for 20+ Japanese craft beers and Ramen Shop fried rice!

Yuki no Bosha “Cabin in the Snow” Junmai Ginjo, Gunma Izumi Honjozo, Nechi Otokoyama Junmai Ginjo, Gunma Izumi Yamahai Junmai sake.

A play on the classic French 75 cocktail recipe using yuzu juice, sparkling wine, and umeshu (plum wine) substituting for gin.

Gift sets and gift ideas for cocktail lovers, food enthusiasts, matcha appreciators, bartenders, chefs, design nerds, and your choosiest friends and family.

We wanted to choose sake that would compliment this day when many of us will be eating turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy.

Even the freshest fish doesn't make great sashimi if it's sliced poorly. Yanagi knives are sharp, slender knives used to cut raw fish with clean precision.

The fourth annual Hanukkah celebration at Umami Mart with Erin Gleeson of The Forest Feast and Rabbi Jack. Latkes and cider served.