French-Sake Pairing Dinner
In December 2022, Story of Sake held the first French-sake pairing dinner in La Maison Shirokane Grand. We will have the second one on 7...
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yukiojima
- Jun 10, 2022
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Japan Inbound will be back soon
Japan has just started the application to welcome inbound tourists. It may take a little while until we can welcome you to Japan, but...
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yukiojima
- May 18, 2022
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Story of Sake 2022
Story of Sake successively welcomed groups of guests recently. We opened our first "sakura" (cherry blossom)" tour in April. Because in...
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yukiojima
- Jan 17, 2022
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Heavy Snow in Yamagata
In January 2022, we are having the joy of heavy snow in days and nights. Indeed, Yamagata is a snow prefecture, but we are getting more...
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yukiojima
- Dec 13, 2021
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5th Guests have come
As another sake brewing season has just started, we welcomed another group of guests to Yamagata. Straight from Tendo Station, we took...
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yukiojima
- Nov 10, 2021
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4th Guests have come
We have just welcomed fourth guests: three Japanese, one Korean, one Chinese/Germany and one Australian - so international. The request...
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yukiojima
- Oct 31, 2021
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When will Japan open?
Newspaper today said that Thailand will open the border for tourists from November 2021. Japanese government is also considering doing...
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yukiojima
- Sep 23, 2021
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Reasons to come to Yamagata
The State of Emergency in Japan will be over on as of 1 October 2021. We know that a lot of you would like to travel. Could Yamagata be...
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yukiojima
- Sep 15, 2021
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3rd Guests have come
We have just welcomed the 3rd guests to Yamagata as private sake experience. They are a beautiful couple who love to taste beer, wine...
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yukiojima
- Aug 29, 2021
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Same Brand, Different Taste
We have held the sake tasting party. The lineup was: Yamagata Masamune Junmai; Yamagata Masamune Dry Junmai; and Yamagata Masamune made...
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yukiojima
- Jul 8, 2021
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State of Emergency
Reportedly, the Japanese government has decided that Tokyo will enter into the fourth State of Emergency (SOE) from Monday, 12 July. I,...
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yukiojima
- Jul 1, 2021
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3 Sake, 3 otsumami
We have organised the 1st sake tasting session. The founder is a lawyer qualified in Japan, and he worked for an international law firm...
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yukiojima
- Jun 15, 2021
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2nd Guests have come
We are pleased to have welcomed our second guests to Yamagata. A couple experienced: fabulous local onsen; cherry picking; local soba...
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yukiojima
- May 21, 2021
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1st Guests have come
We are pleased to have welcomed our first guests to Yamagata. Six international ladies experienced: onsen ryokans in Zao Onsen and Tendo...
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yukiojima
- Feb 14, 2021
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Imoni (local food)
Yamagata has a famous traditional local food called "Imoni" (芋煮). Imoni is basically a soy sauce based soup with taro (里芋 in Japanese),...
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yukiojima
- Jan 1, 2021
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Covid-19 and Sake Tourism
"Do you not want to wait until the Covid is over to start your business?" This is a question I have been asked hundreds of times. While...
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yukiojima
- Dec 31, 2020
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Yamagata whereabouts
Yamagata is only 2.5 hours away from Tokyo by shinkansen (rapid express). The distance between Tokyo and Yamagata is approximately 400...
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