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August 14, 2017

2017 not only marks five years of our Oakland shop (opened August 2012), but 10...

August 11, 2017

The Yamachu Anvil Ice Pick is one of our sexiest bar tools - sleek, chic and sharp....

August 9, 2017

Umami Mart turned five years old this past week and we threw our biggest and...

August 8, 2017

"Sake on ice? Are you serious?"... is usually the response I get when I tell...

August 7, 2017

We love Hawaii - the surf, sand and spam musubi is all we need for much needed...

July 28, 2017

Kyle MacLachlan made this commercial to promote Twin Peaks: The Return in Japan. It's quirky...

July 25, 2017

Kayoko and I met Kevin Diedrich back in 2011 when we threw the Gift of Food...

July 21, 2017

All Twin Peaks fanatics should listen to Wrapped in Podcast - a podcast dedicated to...

July 15, 2017

This month's sakes are all from Yamagata Prefecture, to belatedly celebrate that Yamagata's sakes were...

July 14, 2017

If you didn't know already, we have a sake club called Sake Gumi and it's...

July 11, 2017

I've been really excited to see the umeshu (Japanese plum infused in shochu) popping up on...

June 27, 2017

Since celebrating Solstice last week, we can finally say that summer is here. In the...