This sleek sake bar offers a variety of cold and warm sake from local breweries across Japan, curated seasonally by in-house sake expert and owner Yukari Yanaba. Glasses are offered from ¥550, but if you can’t decide, order the sake pairing set which comes with four 50ml glasses of different types of sake and three small dishes to go with them.
In addition to boasting a diverse lineup that will impress even the most seasoned sake sommelier, Sake Scene Masufuku serves up a filling five course meal (¥6,000) designed to pair well with sake. It comes with classic French dishes including two seasonal appetisers, one main dish usually featuring meat, a luxurious truffle dish and your choice of cheese or dessert to finish it off.
Sake lovers should also visit the online shop to purchase sake kasu (sake lees) snacks. Sake kasu are white, paste-like leftovers from the sake production process that are packed with flavour and aroma. Instead of throwing them away, Sake Scene has put sake kasu to use by creating confectionery from them.
The online store offers a box of financier cakes, which come in three kinds, each made from a different type of sake: Rumiko no Sake from Mie prefecture, Sogen from Ishikawa prefecture and Tsukiyoshino from Nagano prefecture. Each box contains an equal of each type, and you can get sets of six (¥1,980) or 12 (¥3,800). There’s also a decadent sake kasu yogurt cake (¥2,900) that feeds up to three people and comes in two different sake kasu flavours, too.