Workshop Series – Coming to Know and Love Japanese Sake

The Sake Workshop scheduled for April 5 has been cancelled.

This cancellation is based on the advice that gatherings should be avoided to prevent the further spread of the Corvid-19 virus. Once the virus subsides, the workshop will be rescheduled and notifications will be posted. We look forward to seeing you then.

Sake, through the craft of its making and its enjoyment, go to the heart of Japanese food culture, and Kitchen Nippon is holding workshops for those who want to begin learning about this magnificent beverage.

In the first workshop, we’ll teach some sake basics and provide tips to help you navigate your way to understanding sake and finding ones you love. We’ll get you started down that path with tastings of four sakes that distinguish themselves with distinctly different aromas and flavors. We’ll also teach some basics on selecting foods for adding dimensions to your enjoyment of sake.

The venue will be in an old house five minutes by foot from Nippori Station and a minute from Yanaka Ginza. Seating will be traditional style – on the floor, with cushions.

Reserve a spot in this class by clicking on the RSVE button and then completing the process by sending your full name to kitchennippon@hotmail.com.
Reservations will be considered to have been completed when this email is received. We will send a confirmation message within 48 hours. People who click the RSVE button but do not email their full name to us will be moved to the waiting list if the class fills up and there are others who would like to join the class. Class spots will be apportioned based on the time the email with full-name information is received.

Time: April 5, 2020 (Sun.) 15:00～16:30
Cost: 6000 yen (Material and facility usage fee)
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/eMWQ2LEbFd4nbEo98
Deadline: April 2, 2020 (Thu.) 11:00 AM

Leading the workshop will be Yukiko Yajima, a sake sommelier and professional cooking instructor.
Yukiko Yajima

The instructor for this class will be Yukiko Yajima, a licensed culinary professional who specializes in teaching.

After 10 years working in a white-collar environment, Yukiko decided to quit her job and devote herself to her passion for cooking. She became a licensed culinary professional and took up her new career as a cooking instructor. Five years later, she relocated to the UK, where she spent eight years absorbing a different culture and expanding her knowledge of food. Her experience in the UK also opened her eyes to the strong interest in Japanese food outside Japan. Since coming home, Yukiko has focused on teaching people from other countries how to prepare Japanese dishes at home.

Check out these links for other opportunities to participate in Yukiko’s classes.
http://tsukiji-cooking.com/

http://www.ti-yanesen.jp/en/advance-reservations/japanese-cooking-class.html

https://www.meetup.com/ja-JP/Japanese-cooking-class-in-Tokyo-homemade-cooking-style/