About SAKE Street
SAKE Street is a sake-specialized distributor founded in Tokyo in 2018. We operate a physical retail store in Tokyo, where we sell sake directly to customers and export to various countries, primarily across Asia including Hong Kong, Taiwan.
In addition to distributing sake, we also run one of the most widely read sake information websites, catering to everyone from beginners to industry professionals, including brewers, retailers, and sake-focused restaurants. Our goal is to spread awareness of the depth and richness of sake culture, and our website has become one of the largest sake media platforms, boasting 250,000 monthly page views.
Since January 2024, we expanded our operations to introduce sake distribution in Singapore, and and we showcased our modern-style of sakes at everything from 3 Michelin-starred Zen, large scale events like Sake Matsuri, to more sake-focussed bars like Omu Nomu craft sake and raw bar.. We even have local fixed residencies every Thursday and Friday Nights (Sage and Torio respectively) where we have a sommelier-led tastings of SAKE Street sakes.
Our Mission: Unveiling Hidden Sake Treasures
Our mission is to discover and deliver exceptional yet lesser-known sake from hidden breweries, allowing more people to experience the beauty and joy of local sake culture. If this resonates with you, SAKE Street will undoubtedly become a valuable partner in your sake journey!
Take Dassai, for example—a well-known and widely loved sake. It’s delicious, and I personally enjoy it too. However, it is already famous worldwide, meaning the “value” we bring is not in introducing what is already known, but in uncovering what remains undiscovered.
With over 1,000 sake breweries and more than 20,000 different sake labels in Japan, only a fraction—perhaps below 10% based on my estimation—are currently available in Singapore. This is merely the tip of the iceberg.
We would love to explore the hidden depths of the sake world together and introduce these remarkable finds to you. Sharing the fascinating world of local sake with you would be our greatest joy!
Our Professionals
Our backgrounds vary—from government, investment banking, IT and entertainment industry, etc... The one thing we all have in common is our love for sake.
Director and Head Sommelier
Certified Sake Sommelier (SSA), International Kikisake-shi
Being his only beverage of choice and consumption, Hansel has been exploring and learning about Sake since 2014. With each year, further deepening his understanding of different labels and styles of Sake.
Since 2018, to share the joys of this immaculate beverage, Hansel conducted classes or guided tasting events for Sake. After 20 years in the civil service, he joined the F&B industry as a Sake Sommelier at a sake bar. Since 2024, he has been serving as the Head Sommelier at SAKE Street.
Director
International Kikisake-shi, SSI Sake Lecturer, WSET Level 3 in Sake
Toshi is first and foremost a sake aficionado. This has led him to found "SAKE Street" in 2018 in Japan as well as in 2023 in Singapore, where he will be able to distribute sake specially selected by him across the globe. Before SAKE Street, Toshi worked for notable financial institutions like HSBC and UBS in Tokyo and London.
Head of Contents
WSET Level 3 in Sake
Kohei fell in love with the many varieties of Japanese sake through his travels across Japan while working at a FinTech company. With a high regard for "Ji-Zake" or locally brewed sake that is loved by the locals, he hopes to bring the allure of Ji-Zake under a fresh light.
Store Manager (Tokyo)
After a career as a theater performer, she entered the food and beverage industry and became passionate about sake. Her journey with SAKE Street began as a customer, which eventually led to joining the company. Now serving as the store manager in Tokyo, her recommendations are so influential that the sake she suggests often becomes the store's best-seller of the season, regardless of brand.