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The Sake Shop
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Hawaii's First Retail Sake Store
Located at 575 Cooke Street, Honolulu, HI 96813

Mon-Sat 11am-8pm
Sun 12pm-5pm

Contact: (808) 947-7253
*Must be 21+ to follow
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🔔 We interrupt your sake feed w/our Special Holiday Hours for the rest of December & January!

Any day not listed will follow our regular business hours🤙🏼

December 24th: 10AM-5PM (Opening a hour early!)
December 25th: CLOSED
December 31st: 10AM-5PM (Opening a hour early!)
January 1st - 8th: CLOSED
🌺🍶Aloha Friday Sake Tasting Today (12/26)!

Stop in and ask for a sample!

We’ll be tasting 2 sake: New Label Kokuryu Icchorai & Nanbu Bijin Shinpaku.

Kanpai! #nextstopsakeshop

*Must be 21+
December 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Mele Kalikimaka & Happy Holidays Everyone! 🌺🥳 We hope you’ve been able to enjoy the holidays with friends & family during these busy times!

Maybe enjoying some sake to help celebrate too🍶😉 And don’t forget, we’ll be open tomorrow during our normal hours!
December 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🌺🍶A Special Aloha Friday Sake Tasting Today (12/19)!

Stop in and ask for a sample!

We’ll be tasting 2 sake: Kikusui Junmai Daiginjo & Tokugetsu Junmai Daiginjo.

Kanpai! #nextstopsakeshop

*Must be 21+
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Tokugetsu Junmai Daiginjo
Special/Harvest Moon 🌕🍶
From the Makers of Kubota!

From the #kubota line you all know and love, we have their fall seasonal #sake called Tokugetsu! A Niigata-style sake that’s light & dry overall with an elegant aroma.

It stands out with how clear…
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🔔 We interrupt your sake feed w/our Special Holiday Hours for the rest of December & January!

Any day not listed will follow our regular business hours🤙🏼

December 24th: 10AM-5PM (Opening a hour early!)
December 25th: CLOSED
December 31st: 10AM-5PM (Opening a hour early!)
January 1st - 8th: CLOSED
December 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Today (12/13) is our IWA Sake Tasting & Sale at The Sake Shop! Don’t forget to drop by anytime between 1:00PM-5:00PM, and we plan to take pre-orders if we happen to run out 😉

We hope to see you today enjoy some blended sake and learn more about how these assemblage sake came…
December 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🌺🍶A Special Aloha Friday Sake Tasting Today (12/12)!

Stop in and ask for a sample!

We’ll be tasting 2 sake: Tatenokawa Tatenyan Junmai Daiginjo & Dewanoyuki Junmai Kimoto.

Kanpai! #nextstopsakeshop

*Must be 21+
December 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Shochu & Brandy Choya Soda! You’ve might’ve seen some of Choya’s non-alcoholic ume sodas, but these ume drinks are an adult delight😘 #gifts #ume #choya

Choya Sarari Sparkling on the top is mixed with French brandy to create a bubbly sweet drink that’s a dessert lover’s dream while being smooth…
December 12, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Tatenokawa Tatenyan 🐈 🍶
Junmai Daiginjo

We’ve brought back a favorite #sake to the shop! This cute cat mascot, Tatenyan, is made after the brewery’s actual cat who lives at the there after sneaking in one day!

It’s the cat distribution system at its finest 😆 She now lives…
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Dewanoyuki “Yuki” ❄️
Junmai Kimoto

A #sake that’s perfect for the season, though we are in Hawaii😄, it’s light and smooth with refreshing aroma of fruit, cream, and herbal notes!

Brewed in the Kimoto method, this sake is medium dry with notes of both rice, umami, & a touch…
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 AM
📣 Tis’ the Holiday Season, so let us treat you all to something very nice! Say a high-end sake sale & tasting this Saturday (12/13)? 🍶

Brewed in Toyama Prefecture and headed by Toji (Master Brewer) Masato Yabuta, IWA is making waves with their approach to sake, honoring…
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
🌺🍶A Special Aloha Friday Sake Tasting Today (12/05)!

Stop in and ask for a sample!

We’ll be tasting through 3 high-end sake & a new gin: Dewazakura Daiginjo, Akitabare Suirakuten Reserve Daiginjo, Koshi No Kinmuku Junmai Daiginjo, & Roku Gin Minor Edition.

Kanpai! #nextstopsakeshop
*Must be 21+
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Suntory Roku Gin Minori Select Edition | 📣Brand New & Limited Release! 🍸

It’s a blend of seasonal Japanese delights! 🍋🍵🌸🍈🍑🫚 #gin

From the aromatics & notes of yuzu peel to sakura & melon, this gin is soft yet bright w/fruity botanicals like ume, Japanese melon, & peach
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
🌺Special Aloha Friday Tasting!🍶 Featuring 3 High-End Sake and a New Limited Roku Gin!

That’s right, to help with gifting and dinner ideas for the holidays, we thought we could do a special treat and highlight some high-end #sake to sample! ☺️ #nihonshu #japanesesake

And, as a surprise, we’ll even…
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Akitabare Daiginjo Suirakuten Reserve
20 Year Aged Sake!🍶

Wondering if you read that right? Yes, you did! New this year to Hawaii, this is a high-end and rare #sake to find in Japan and anywhere else 🤩

As apart of our this week’s Special Aloha Friday Tasting, we wanted to…
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
🌺🍶Casual Aloha Friday Sake Tasting Today (11/28)!

Stop in and ask for a sample!

We’ll be tasting through Gangi Yuunagi Jinnah Daiginjo, Nakata Yuzu Umeshu, and Nakata Momo Umeshu.

Kanpai! #nextstopsakeshop

*Must be 21+
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone! We hope you’re able to enjoy a moment with family & friends this week🤙🏼❤️ Thank you to everyone as always for supporting us each & every day. And for taking the time to enjoy and learn more about sake with us! 🙇🏻‍♀️
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Gangi Yuunagi Junmai Daiginjo

It’s finally back! As some of our customer’s go to #sake, Gangi Yuunagi is back on island and just in time for Thanksgiving and the holidays! 🦃🎄

With a fruity aroma on the nose and melon & peach on the plate, the sweetness fades away and then… #nihonshu
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
🌺🍶Here’s the follow up to our Islander Sake Brewery Tasting for this Saturday (11/29) from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM📣

Let’s kick it off with Islander’s Mini Sake Barrels! Not only will you get your own sake barrel, but it actually holds their super fresh & smooth Junmai Daiginjo Anna
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 AM
📣Ready to support local with some new sake? 🍶 Come by this Saturday, November 29th, from 1:00PM - 5:00PM (before the Honolulu Lights Parade👍🏼) to taste 5 different sake from Islander Sake Brewery + their newest & limited Year of The Horse 2026 Junmai Daiginjo Sake w/Gold Flakes 🐎🍶🌟
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
📣 Heads up! We will be closed for Thanksgiving this Thursday, November 27th, but keep a look out for our next posts as we have some exciting news for this upcoming weekend 😉🍶

As always, thank you for your understanding & we hope you get to spend some time w/family & friends (and w/some sake too!)😆
November 24, 2025 at 3:24 AM
🌺🍶Casual Aloha Friday Sake Tasting Today (11/21)!

Stop in and ask for a sample!

We’ll be tasting through Tatenokawa Stream Red Junmai Daiginjo & Sengetsu Taru Shochu.

Kanpai! #nextstopsakeshop

*Must be 21+
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Taru Sengetsu🌙🥃
Kome/Rice Shochu

It’s that #shochu you loved during the holiday season last year that even came in a gift set 🥰 (which will be coming back soon👀🤞🏼)!

From Kumamoto Prefecture, Taru Sengetsu is a mature style of shochu, meaning it was age for over 6 years in…
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Tatenokawa Stream Red
Junmai Daiginjo

A #sake perfect for any occasion & the brewery’s own recommendation when getting into the high-end world of sake✨🍶

In fact, their sake rice is polished to 33%! They go beyond the required Daiginjo’s 50% rice polishing ratio, making it a
November 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
🌺🍶Casual Aloha Friday Sake Tasting Today (11/14)!

Stop in and ask for a sample!

We’ll be tasting through 3 sake today: Kirishima Melt Barley Aged 21 Years, Nakano Kishu Umeshu Beninanko, & Kudoki Jozu Junmai Ginjo (which we’ll post about soon!).

Kanpai! #nextstopsakeshop

*Must be 21+
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM