First Guests in 2024
Sake, food, snow - winter Yamagata has everything you want! We just welcomed the firsts guests from Singapore between 5 - 7 February...
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yukiojima
Oct 23, 20231 min read
Premium Sake Tasting
https://www.story-of-sake.com/service-page/tokyo-sake-tasting Story of Sake has launched the premium sake tasting session in Akasaka,...
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yukiojima
Oct 9, 20231 min read
Story of Sake Whereabout
Story of Sake was founded in January 2021, and it has been two years and nice months since its foundation. Story of Sake has been in...
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yukiojima
Feb 9, 20235 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
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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