Celebrate Sake at NYC’s Largest Tasting Event
Join the world’s largest sake tasting in NYC on April 10, 2024! Sample 587 premium sakes & enjoy bites from top restaurants. Get tickets now!
The Joy of Sake
Thursday, April 10 from 6:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.
Metropolitan Pavilion – 125 W. 18th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
Admission: $130
The Joy of Sake, the world’s largest sake tasting outside Japan, returns to New York on Thursday, April 10 with a record 587 competition-level sakes available to taste alongside sake-inspired appetizers from top restaurants, including Sushi by Bou, BondST, Sakagura, Rule of Thirds, Sake No Hana, Sen Sakana, Towa, Yopparai, Zuma, and more.
The Joy of Sake, which originated in Hawaii, is the biggest sake celebration in New York’s history. 2025 marks its 25th global and 21st NYC event. Celebrating the ancient art of sake-brewing, The Joy of Sake is a walkaround tasting where attendees are able to experience the full spectrum of sake styles in the premium daiginjo, ginjo, and junmai categories from every sake-brewing region in Japan, including more than 350 sakes not available in the U.S. Sakes are grouped by style so attendees can explore each in depth, including recipients of silver and gold awards from the U.S. National Sake Appraisal, a rigorous blind tasting prior to the public event conducted by ten judges from the U.S. and Japan. This is an opportunity to sample bottles of the actual competition entries in excellent condition, both Japanese and U.S.-made sakes from local breweries like Brooklyn Kura and Dassai Blue in Hudson Valley.
In the belief that sake tastes best in good company with great food, sixteen of New York’s top restaurants are preparing original sake appetizers for the event. Heartier dishes, such as Marinated Snapper Bamboo Rice from Sakagura and Towa’s Umami Duck, go well with Junmai sakes, while seafood dishes such as Mishik’s Hokkaido Scallop and Pear and BondST’s Seared Cherry Salmon in Spring Pea Soup are delicious with many daiginjo labels.
Secure your spot for this one-night-only sake celebration by visiting The Joy of Sake’s website at www.joyofsake.com/newyork/. Which sake are you most excited to try? Let us know in the comments.
Participating Restaurants
BondSt
Cha-An
Juban
Mishik
Rule of Thirds
Sakagura
Sake no Hana
Sen Sag Harbor
Sen Sakana
Towa
Yopparai
Zuma
About The Joy of Sake
The Joy of Sake launched in Honolulu in 2001 in conjunction with the U.S. National Sake Appraisal, a professional-level blind tasting and judging held under the auspices of Japan’s National Research Institute of Brewing. The 2024 Appraisal brought together seven expert sake judges from Japan and four from the U.S. in Honolulu for three days. The judges blind-tasted and rated each entry, with gold and silver awards going to those with the highest marks. The Joy of Sake is the public sampling and enjoyment of these sakes.
A non-profit organization dedicated to fostering appreciation for the ancient craft of sake making, its annual event is now the largest sake tasting outside Japan. More than half are ultra-premium daiginjo sakes, made from the innermost core of the rice grain. Every year, The Joy of Sake stages events in major cities, presenting hundreds of sakes, many not otherwise available outside Japan, along with sake-themed appetizers from top local restaurants in a lively festival setting.
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