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Handcrafted in our artisan studio located at Railspur Alley on Granville Island, Osake is the first
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Established in 2007 on Granville Island, Artisan SakeMaker is known as a unique commercial winery that produces award winning, hand-made, small batch and fresh sake. Our brand name "OSAKE" is widely recognized as "Canada's first locally produced fresh premium sake" and its popularity has reached across the country and beyond. The philosophy of our production centres upon “sustainability, all natural and locality.”

05/28/2024

Sake Kasu Packing!
This batch is very good quality, tender and tasty.
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Our Sake Kasu is powerful food that rich in protein, vitamin Bs, fibres, and other minerals!
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I use Sake Kasu to marinate fish or meat, add umami to miso soup, and for skin scrub.
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05/10/2024

Mother’s Day is coming soon💐
Have you decided what to send her on this special day?🎁

These are some ideas.
Osake? - Traditional or refreshing bubbly

Food? - Tasty and healthy

Skincare? - Natural skin-food

We are open this weekend from 11am to 6pm.

04/27/2024

Our new product Koji Condiments are now on the shelves!
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Best selling Garlic Ginger is a very useful base for your dishes such as curry, stir-fry with vegetables and sauce for fish or meat!
Koji is a fermented rice with a saccharification culture.
It has great effects on our health as well.

-Promotion of digestion and absorption
-It can lead to obesity prevention and potential health benefits
-The enzymes in Koji break down proteins in meat and fish, making them tender.
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If you are interested, please visit our store and give it try!!
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04/13/2024

We are so excited to introduce our new products
PREMIUM KOJI CONDIMENT!
Garlic Ginger, Onion, Tomato and Sweet Koji.
We finalized each package for Sakura Days Japan Fair on this weekend.
Please visit our booth to try new Koji Condiment😊
🌸Sakura Days Japan Fair 2024🇯🇵
https://vcbf.ca/event/sakura-days-japan-fair-2024/

ArtisanSakeKoji
Booth: Floral Hall, F7
Products: Premium Koji Condiments and Niigata Koshihikari

See you at the event!

04/12/2024

Thank you ☺️

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This spotlight is on Sparkling Sake 🥂

Fresh from our Granville Island neighbour, comes the Osaka Mirai Sparkling Sake.

Fresh and perfect for Spring, it’s North America’s “first” Champagne of sake, made using the traditional method.

Rich and full with notes of toasty brioche and a lasting, dry finish, it’s basically seafood’s new best friend.

Pair with freshly-shucked West Coast Oysters for a match made in heaven…or as we like to call it, the Pacific North West.

Available now on our Fresh Sheet!

03/30/2024

Thank you for visiting us today!
Hope everyone enjoyed our sake and snacks!
You can enjoy sake flights, by the glass and by the bottle ($10 corkage fee) in our lounge now!
Why don’t we celebrate long weekends with glass of sake under the nice sunshine?🥂
We are open on Easter Sunday and Easter Monday🐰💐

02/29/2024

Happy birthday Yukiko!

02/11/2024

🍴 Osake Milled White Rice Sake Kasu slected one of 7 diverse ingredients at Canadian Culinary Championship Black Box Competition 2024!

Our Sake Kasu is rich in protein, vitamin Bs, fibres, and other minerals! Highly nutricious and flavourful-Talk about that UMAMI.

02/02/2024

💘 Valentine's day is coming soon! 💘
We offer a sake and chocolate pairing until February 18. For only $2 extra, add 2 pieces of Coconama chocolate; Sakekasu bonbon & Yuzu ganache to our tasting menu. 🍫

Our tasting menu:

⚪️Tasting A (Junmai Nama, Junmai Nama Genshu, and Junmai Nama Nigori)

⚪️Tasting B (MIRAI, Junmai Nigori Sparkling, and Apple Yuzu Cooler)

We look forward to seeing you :)

01/18/2024

🇯🇵🎍👘 At the 24th Nikkei Community SHIN-NEN-KAI at the National Nikkei Heritage & Cultural Centre, more than 250 people gathered to celebrate “The Year of the Dragon” with specially prepared Osechi Ryori (traditional menu for the New Year) and, of course, Sake! But not any Sake – Oikawa Island Sake.

The history of “Oikawa Island Sake” dates back to the year 1898 - some 135 years ago – when a man named Jinzaburo Oikawa from Miyagi prefecture in Japan first made Japanese Sake in Canada on a small island he purchased in the middle of the Fraser River in Richmond, British Columbia.

Oikawa Island (Oikawa-jima) was renamed "Don Island" at the beginning of World War II in 1942 and has remained so to this day. Harold Steves (pictured here), a veteran Richmond City Councillor with 51 years of service, took a step forward by advocating the renaming of the island to its original name. He is a hero and an inspiration to all of us with Japanese roots and heritage.Article on Harold Steves and Island Name Change. (Article by Maria Rantanen)
https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/japanese-names-for-richmond-islands-never-adopted-6792869

Lorene Oikawa ( ) is a descendant of the Oikawa family, whose passion and dedication to preserving the identity and cultural heritage of Japanese Canadians is nationally recognized, and is also a hero and inspiration to all of us who have immigrated to Canada.

Masa Shiroki, founder of Artisan SakeMaker and his life partner Yukiko, together with dedicated staff members on production floor and tasting room on Granville Island’s sake winery, continue to produce Sustainable, Natural and Local Sake for the enjoyment of Vancouverites, Canadians, and visitors from abroad. WE are blessed by the support and encouragement YOU give us to continue what we believe in doing – YOU are the reason we exist!

12/24/2023

🎄 Merry Christmas Everyone! Thank you for your support throughout this year and may the New Year bring you all 365 days of happiness, health, caring and joy! 🎄
Music "Christmas Eve" by Tatsuro Yamash*ta

12/24/2023

Wishing you and your family a safe, healthy and joyous holiday season 🛷🧣🍶🎅🏻🍪❤️

˗ˏˋ Holiday Opening Hours ˎˊ˗

⚫︎ Dec 24 11:30am - 6:00pm
⚫︎ Dec 25 Closed
⚫︎ Dec 26 Closed
⚫︎ Dec 31 11:30am - 6:00pm
⚫︎ Jan 1 Closed
⚫︎ Jan 2 Closed

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays!

12/20/2023

Best Sparkling Sake for Holiday Season! 🥂🌟💫

⚫︎ Osake Junmai Sparkling - Light, Crisp, Semi-sweet
Popular staple year-round and for those special days of celebration! Food Match: Shellfish, Fruit, Cheese platter, Smoked salmon.

⚫︎ Osake Junmai Sparkling Nigori - Velvety and Off-dry
Enjoy rich mouthfeel and complex flavours. Food Match: Spicy chicken wings, Sweet and sour pork, Shrimp enchilada.

This bubbly brings a lot of fun and enjoyment 🎅🏻🎶 For more information, check out our website or come visit our store on Granville Island :)

12/17/2023

It's a season for Hot Amazake! ☃️🧣❤️
Amazake is a Japanese fermented rice drink. This year we have 4 flavours for you to choose from:

⚫︎ Original
⚫︎ Mango Ginger
⚫︎ Yuzu Lemon
⚫︎ Chai (New!)

Stop by and grab a cup of Amazake to get warm and little more energy for Christmas shopping on Granville Island 🛍️✨

Also we carry 2 types of Sake Kasu. For more information, click the tag and visit our website!

12/14/2023

Don't miss out on our exclusive Holiday offers for a limited time only 🎅🏻❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

⚫︎ For any sake purchase over $100, you receive 2 free sake glasses *In-store only

⚫︎ 20% off a set of 6 sake glasses *In-store purchase ＆ online orders

Check out the tagged items and visit our store on Granvile Island :)

12/08/2023

🎊What a wonderful surprise to be included in the Air Canada Enroute Magazine Food and Drink Guide. We are among great company with other great Canadian artisan products. Thank you, Aman Dosanj, for your careful curation of this exceptional list. We are honoured and grateful for the recommendation.

🙏“Masa Shiroki planted Canada’s only sustainable rice field in Abbotsford, B.C., back in 2012. Today, Shiroki’s brand Artisan SakeMaker offers a variety of Canadian sakes. The Osake Fraser Valley Junmai Renaissance – rich, savoury and complex with a racy acidity and touch of sweetness – exclusively uses B.C.–grown Ginpu sake rice (a grain originating in northern Japan). Get this for the local–loving wine aficionado in your life. $24.29.”

12/08/2023

✨ Orizée Skincare Products 🌾

Yuzu & Shisu Hydrating Cream: This moisturizing, anti-aging and deeply hydrating cream with skin brightening effects is made from SakeKasu, Pacific red algae, avocado and coconut oils, and Yuzu and Shiso.

ORIZÉE product is available online as well as at select spa , specialty retailers including natural food stores, and our store!

Address

1339 Railspur Alley, Granville Island
Vancouver, BC
V6H4G9

Opening Hours

Monday	11:30am - 6pm
Tuesday	11:30am - 6pm
Wednesday	11:30am - 6pm
Thursday	11:30am - 6pm
Friday	11:30am - 6pm
Saturday	11:30am - 6pm
Sunday	11:30am - 6pm

Telephone

+16046857253

Website

http://www.artisansakemaker.com/

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