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Umami Mart offers Japanese barware, kitchenware, glassware, Hasami Porcelain, Studio Arhoj, glassware rentals, and cocktail consulting for your big day!
A step-by-step recipe to make Matcha Sesame Tofu, which can be eaten as a sweet dessert or savory side dish, when topped with shoyu and wasabi.
Step-by-step instructions of the easiest, creamiest, and most delicious matcha green tea ice cream you can make at home. No need for an ice cream maker!
Our online bottle shop is now up and running. Get Hitachino Nest, Kagua, Yoho, Baird, Dassai, Kenbishi, and many other of your favorite Japanese brews!
Our June sake club (Sake Gumi) offerings are four bottles that go well with a variety of cheeses. Try our suggestions, or with your favorite cheese!
Ginpachi is a sushi-ya in Sanjo City, Niigata, that's been open since 1961. Check out the amazing sushi we ate on our last visit to Ginpachi.
These handmade Japanese hamaya (arrow) drive away bad juju and spirits that may bring you harm. Handmade in Tokyo. Great housewarming gifts!
We took a field trip to the Bay Area's very own sake brewery – Sequoia Sake in San Francisco, which specializes in 3 sakes: Nama, Genshu, and Nigori.
Get ready for SAKQUESO!, our first dinner event with Timothy Sullivan of Hakkaisan Brewery and Casa de Kei...
Step-by-step instructions on how to make cold brew coffee at home in the Hario V60 Iced Coffee Maker. It's fun, simple, and most of all, rewarding.
The circumference of each glass is edged in gold, making these otherwise simple, but well-designed tumblers, stand out. Comes in 3 nesting sizes (S, M, L).
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!