Konnichiwa Cherry Blossom – hello cocktail summer!

The delicate pink Japanese flower mixes up the Swiss cocktail world with a strong and sweetish-bitter relish.

The creative guys from Mikks squeeze, chop and mix their fresh and handmade mixer with lots of love and passion. In cooperation with shizuku, they created the perfect, ready-made mixer for your sake cocktails in their production facility. 

Mikks it. Shake it. Kanpai!

Be it as a fresh aperitif on the sun terrace or skillfully served after dinner... Turn into a barkeeper with taste and style!

The Sake Mikks Cherry Blossom - available as of today at shizuku Store or online.

April 10, 2018

The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival is blooming, also in Switzerland.

The team at restaurant NOOHN hosts an own Hanami Streetfood Festival dedicated to the Japanese Sakura (Cherry Blossom) and invites you to this culinary and tempting Hanami festival.
Taste various delicacies from different regions of Japan and have a feast 'à discretion' at the stalls.

shizuku is pleased to be part of it and to inspire you on site with different premium sake, matching to the season.

April 6, 2018

With your coffee, as a dessert or as a fruity and sweet delicacy for in-between. The pralumé matches always!

Sweet it itself at Easter with our fresh and irresistible confectionary delicacy. A crispy couverture of dark chocolate filled with crunchy creamy ganache and the fruity-sweetish Ohako Umeshu.

The confectionery ladies from Löw Delights, well known for their sweet Löwenküsse, worked meticulously with shizuku and made the pralumé even more irresistible and lovely.

pralumé by shizuku – the chocolate with umeshu... or the sweet temptation for Easter. 

Now available at shizuku Store.

March 13, 2018

An exquisite glass in sunny Ticino

Stroll through this exceptional Japan Festival with a Ticino cosiness and get fascinated by tradition and modernity. Among concerts and live shows there will be exhibitions, workshops and a feast for your mouth by varios delights from the Japanese kitchen.

shizuku is pleased to attract you to the sunny Ticino this year as well and to welcome you at its stall on site. Try out sake and umeshu of high quality and explore the exciting variety of the Japanese drops (including direct sale).

More info on this event are to be found here.

March 6, 2018

Monday evening, end of work. Perfect for a relaxing moment at a cosy spot – at a sake bar, an authentic sake bar.

The mentioned spot is Ginger Sake Bar in the middle of Zurich Seefeld.

In addition to Japanese Izakaya style snacks and a variety of warm and cold dishes from the restaurant and the sushi bar, the bartender serves Japanese cocktails and exquisite sake, skilfully also from 1.8 litres isshobin bottles.

And the wide selection is unique in the Limmatstadt. From a light, exotic aperitif up to aromatic food companions, sake connoisseurs as well as culinarily curious persons find an evening-filling assortment.

On March 26, Certified Sake Professional Marc Nydegger mingles with the guests once again and is looking forward to a casual exchange. Afterwork with a good glass of sake in a cosy atmosphere.

February 16, 2018

Sake relish at Löwenbrau-Areal

The team of teo jakob creates rooms full of atmosphere, character and passion with their interior design. And in exactly these rooms there will be a toast, with a noble drop from Japan.

What does sake have in common with cheese?
This is what teo jakob wants to find out and is welcoming you at their branch at Löwenbräu-Areal. Japanologist and sake expert Marc Nydegger will take you into the world of the Japanese national drink, will bring closer to you its history, its manufacturing process and its different types, during a short but exciting lecture. And at the same time you will experience a new dimension of food pairing - at this cozy and classy event.

Taste exquisite premium drops from Japan in combination with a selected range of cheese from Amstad Chäslädeli and find out, thanks to Jan Röthlisberger himself, how the Swiss company Röthlisberger developed the award-winning 'Stabellenstuhl' in collaboration with the Japanese designer Tomoko Azumi.

An evening with style - and a drop of Japan.

February 15, 2018

The classic companion to cheese fondue is a dry white wine. Used properly, the exotic companion from Japan convinces as well!

Classic vs. exotic

Mövenpick Weinkeller at Jelmoli Zürich puts it to the test und invites to the Fondue Battle. Fabio Montalbano, Winemaker of Staatskellerei Zürich, serves you the classic companion. And sake expert Marc Nydegger presents the exotic rice wine, the Nihonshu.

Enjoy a delicious fondue mix and decide for yourself. shizuku is gladly accepting the challenge and is looking forward to surprise you positively.

January 29, 2018

Dear connoisseur

Japan stands for tradition and an exclusive quality recording the food culture. It is therefore not surprising, that the best and most expensive meat comes from Japan: the Wagyu.

Only since 2014 the import is approved, the worldwide demand for this exquisit meat of the Japanese cattle breed is huge. Sebastian Stöveken and his team from UMAI WAGYU import the certified Miyazaki-gyu directly from the farmers of the Miyazaki region and make it possible for us to enjoy a new dimension of meat.

Next to its high marbling, Wagyu has a sizeable base of unsaturated fatty acids up to 50 percent. That's why also the pure and white-glossy cattle fat is a must have in the kitchen of every single gourmand.

Due to the partnership with UMAI WAGYU shizuku is pleased to arrange contact and to provide to you, dear connoisseur, this pure and white Wagyu tallow now in the lineup.

Wheter to sear meat, fish oder vegetables or as a base for a Fondue Bourguignonne... Bring umami in your kitchen!

January 11, 2018

The small, tubby pine cone

Shortly ripened in barrels, this round, harmonious Junmai has refreshing notes of cedar wood and lavender. Tangy and balanced in the palate with a dry and slightly resinous aftertaste.

'Every single yoshino cedar barrel has its own characteristic.
The faithful manual production of the taru (wooden barrel) is therefore essential and I see it as my mission and passion', says Takeshi Tamura (49), Kiku Masamune Brewery, specialised in taru production for over 30 years. 'The barrels we produce with heart are made out of more than hundred years old wood. To know that our taru sake finds now also its way to Switzerland and gets appreciated there, fulfills me with delight!' 

The Brewery gives high attention to sake pairing, is focused on the traditional kimoto method and produces masterly complex and full-bodied sake that are excellent food companions.

Such as Kiku Masamune Taru Sake. 
shizuku recommends this light but tasteful drop to fish, especially to sushi und sashimi.

January 10, 2018

Dear connoisseur

Oysters are among the most precious products that nature offers. With the appropriate glass of premium sake, as for example the strong and complex Shirayuki Edo Genroku, the delight gets to its perfection.

shizuku is pleased to present you continuously tasty ideas for the relish around sake.

Savour, for example, mussels in an exquisite sake liquid, spaghetti alle vongole deglazed with a spicy sake, various pasta or rice variations with a full-bodied sake cream sauce or lash out on a glass noble premium sake to fried scallops.

Or try sake in harmony with cheese, as a delicate ingredient for a soup or as recommended as a noble pendant to oysters. Experience japanese drops in new dimensions.

More recipes and suggestions you will find here.

January 7, 2018

Sake is drunk warm, isn't it? – An experience, but depending on the right sake.

Depending on the drinking temperature, the very same sake can reveal different aromas and flavours. This is another evidence that sake is a unique alcoholic beverage.

To enjoy sake that is mentioned to be drunken warm, is an extraordinary drinking experience.
shizuku is pleased to recommend you some inspiring and surprising drops for the cold winterdays.

Sake to heat
shizuku recommends...
... the smooth, full-bodied Asahimai Junmai
... the round and intense Inatahime Ryokan
... the strong, earthy-dry Miyabi
... the elegant, light Nouvelle Honjozo

How to heat?
A special drinking experience to enjoy hot sake in the traditional way and with the original accessoires. shizuku recommends...
... the sake heater Yusen
... the sake heater Kurosuisho

January 3, 2018

Get to know sake, get to love sake.

Learn more about the traditional sake brewing process and drinking culture and taste carefully selected premium drops in a cosy atmosphere.

Marc Nydegger, Certified Sake Professional, will bring closer to you the profundity of Japan’s national drink. The tasted sake can be bought on site and enjoyed expertly at home.

At shizuku Store you will find a piece of Japanese sense of life on over 60 m2. We are pleased to welcoming and inspiring you at the upcoming sake lecture.

December 15, 2017

Dear connoisseurs

Kindly note that there is no shipment with DPD between December 19, 2017 and January 2, 2018.
Shipment before Christmas is possible by an order until December 18, 2017.

shizuku Store Christmas holidays
Products ordered online can be picked up with the option pickup at shizuku Store at shizuku Store until December 20, 2017.
Kindly note that shizuku Store will be closed from December 21, 2017 until January 7, 2018.

December 10, 2017

Dear connoisseur

Advent season is biscuit season!
An exceptionally culinary delight are our sake sablés.

shizuku loves Japanese drops, to try something different and especially to inspire culinary people with exciting suggestions.

Alex Bidault is such a gourmet. The Frenchman – The Frenchie Kitchen Club and champion of the ZDF TV-Show ‚Die Küchenschlacht’ – loves to experiment and worked meticulously in his bakery… with sake! ‘The most interesting things in life are formed by the perfect match’, says Alex. The result is a delicate, slightly sweet butter biscuit.

shizuku is thrilled! With your coffee or tea, it’s a treat.

The sake sablés – now available at shizuku Store or to bake at home. Try out for yourself! 

December 8, 2017

The shiny green devil of a fellow from Japan

Matcha tea is trendy, outstandingly tasty and extremely versatile.

As a smoothie, in baked goods and cocktail or as pure tea pleasure...
Rich in taste, vegetable and sweet with a delicately tart flavour.

shizuku is pleased to provide to you now also the daring Matcha Kotobuki from Fukuoka next to a small but fine assortment of Japanese tea due to our partnership with Länggass-Tee.

Give yourself a moment of rest with a pleasant ‚drop of Japan’ of highest quality.

December 7, 2017

Dear connoisseur

Are you going to travel to Japan soon? Then you can either rush to every standard tourist attraction, trudge round all the tourist restaurants and tick off addresses with great endurance.

Or... you can discover numerous special places aside the classical destinations like Tokyo and Kyoto, explore culinary delicacies and gaine an insight into the multi-faceted, creative daily routine and become acquainted with land and people.

Therefore, shizuku warmly recommends the bestseller travelling companion "In Japan" to you. Find practical tips for your travel, a comprehensive overview on the diverse Japanese food culture as well as informative backgrounds and interesting recommendations.

Discover the sights of daily life with an exquisite drop of Japan.

The bestseller of Jan Knüsel - the maker of the Japan blog asienspiegel.ch, in its fourth edition, now available at shizuku.

December 5, 2017

Dear connoisseurs 

shizuku is pleased to clink glasses with you and recommends you with pleasure two fruity and tingling premium drops for your next aperitif during the Advent season.

Refresh your guests with the sweet-sourish Kyo Yuzu Nigori, a light Junmai Nigori with hand pressed yuzu juice. 

Surprise them with the Japanese plum wine Ohako Umeshu, which nose is reminiscent of marzipan, almonds and amaretto. Or give your dry sparkling wine a tangy-sweet note by pouring in some Ohako Umeshu.

This and more suggestions, cocktails and different recipes with sake or shochu you will find here. 

December 3, 2017

Dear connoisseur

Immerse yourself in the versatile world of the Japanese national drink or add a sparkle to the day of your beloved ones with a delight that lasts a whole year long.

With the shizuku annual subscription you will receive four selected surprise drops for twelve months, matching the respective season. 

shizuku is already looking forward to taking you on an exciting journey of flavours.

The shizuku annual subscription, the perfect gift idea. The journey starts mid December! 

November 27, 2017

With your coffee, as a dessert or as a fruity and sweet delicacy for in-between. 
The pralumé... matches always!

Surprise your guests with our fresh and irresistible confectionary delicacy. A crispy couverture of dark chocolate filled with crunchy creamy ganache and the fruity-sweetish Ohako Umeshu.

Marvellously sweet and fruity with a complex, spicy note. 

The perfect gift for the Advent season or as the special give-away for your business partners.

pralumé by shizuku – the chocolate with umeshu.

November 24, 2017

Thursday evening, end of work. Perfect for a relaxing moment at a cosy spot – at a sake bar, an authentic sake bar.

The mentioned spot is Ginger Sake Bar in the middle of Zurich Seefeld.

In addition to Japanese Izakaya style snacks and a variety of warm and cold dishes from the restaurant and the sushi bar, the bartender serves Japanese cocktails and exquisite sake, skilfully also from 1.8 litres isshobin bottles.

And the wide selection is unique in the Limmatstadt. From a light, exotic aperitif up to aromatic food companions, sake connoisseurs as well as culinarily curious persons find an evening-filling assortment.

On December 7, Certified Sake Professional Marc Nydegger mingles with the guests and is looking forward to a casual exchange – with a good glass of sake in a cosy atmosphere.

November 22, 2017

May it be something special?

Relax, take a break and enjoy the time with your beloved ones. And for Christmas season it shall be something special therefore.

Give away a delightful piece of Japanese sense of life in the nobly packaged shizuku gift box.
Compile your individual shizuku gift box comfortably from home or drop in at shizuku Store and discover the exciting selection of more than 30 different drops as well as the matching accessoires on site.

November 18, 2017

shizuku is pleased to attract you with a new event series:
shizuku sake cheese pairing – in cooperation with our partner Amstad Chäslädeli – in a small but nice atmosphere.

Taste exquisite premium drops from Japan in combination with a selected range of cheese. The tasted sake can be bought on site and enjoyed at home.

At shizuku Store you will find a piece of Japanese sense of life on over 60 m2. We are pleased to welcoming and inspiring you soon.

October 30, 2017

Dear connoisseur

‚Full of beans and enthusiasm we started running 4 years ago. Today it is still unbelievable how much fun and joy this adventure gives to us every single day’, Marc Nydegger, Managing Director of shizuku GmbH.

The exciting journey started with the webshop shizuku.ch, with the opening of the first shizuku Store in Zurich, followed by many lectures, food pairings and private events. And the curiosity about Japanese drops is still growing…

‚We would like to thank you with all our heart’.

As a token for your interest, shizuku is pleased to treat you with a small Japanese surprise drop as a free gift with your next online order or your next purchase at shizuku Store until October 31, 2017.
As it is of you that the journey continues successfully – drop by drop.

Arigato! Thank you!

October 18, 2017

Enjoyment and style – Basler Feinmesse is a place of inspiration for descerning consumers and brings together a variety of exquisite and culinary delights, under one roof since 5 years.

As a highlight in 2017, the ‚World of Spirits’ convinces with different products on high quality, whether cognac, brandy or whisky. And thanks to shizuku there will be an excellent selection of drops from Japan as well.

Taste intense and matured sake, sweet umeshu, shochu made out of sesame, barley and rice or a Japanese premium rum.

shizuku is pleased to spoil you at its stall in Basel. Get advice in a personal conversation and explore the exciting variety of the Japanese drops (including direct sale on site).

More infos on this event are to be found here.

October 7, 2017

Here we go! Beginning of the new sake brewing season.

‚On this very day I am jazzed and curious at the same time’, Taniyama Makoto (39), Head of Production of Nakamoto Brewery.
The fact that Japanese sake is savored also in Switzerland - more than 9’000 kilometers away – makes the passionate makers on site very proud. ‚I am truly grateful and honored. The fact that sake is appreciated in Switzerland and also understood as a part of Japanese culture just makes me very happy’, says Makoto.

shizuku is pleased to clink glasses on a new sake year with makers such as Taniyama Makoto. Moreover, we are very curious what exciting ‚nihonshu’ the new brewing season gives birth to. Kanpai – on a product full of passion.

Taniyama Makotos’ personal tip: ‚Manyo Yamatsuru. This product reflects the sake of which my former brewing master teached the essential handicraft to me at that time. After all the years this drop still sets THE example to me and its production fills me with awe and pride.‘

October 1, 2017

Dear connoisseur

It’s a real treat because as of the end of September pralumé by shizuku is back again!

The confectionery ladies from Löw Delights worked meticulously with shizuku and made the pralumé even more irresistible. Gourmet chocolate innovatively combined with Japanese umeshu result in the wonderful sweet new edition of pralumé – the chocolate with umeshu.

A crispy couverture of dark chocolate filled with crunchy creamy ganache and the fruity-sweetish Ohako Umeshu. What a dream!

Sweeten the day of you, your beloved ones, friends or business partners (give-away) with this distinctive delicacy.

pralumé by shizuku - the chocolate with umeshu.

September 5, 2017

Always a special culinary delight!

The team at restaurant Drei Stuben is pleased to spoil you with a 4 course special menu during two weeks.
Daring interpreted Swiss cuisine and unusual new creations with a harmonious sake flight from the lineup of shizuku.

On October 4, Certified Sake Professional Marc Nydegger is looking forward to accompanying you personally through this night. Together with a delegation from Inata Honten brewery - that will fly in from Japan especially for this evening - he will present you an exciting and exquisite sake pairing course by course.

Discover sake in a perfect harmony to Swiss cuisine in a traditional and romantic atmosphere.

To the menu.

August 29, 2017

For the second time, shizuku will take you into the fascinating world of Japanese drops at the ‚fair for connoisseurs’!

Gourmesse stands for relish, exchange and culinary inspiration and gets annually over 10’000 connoisseurs enthusiastic about various food inspirations, innovations and suggestions for healthy and sustainable moments of relish.

It goes without saying that in this specific context a glass of good sake cannot be missing this year as well. Taste some exquisite premium sake, get advice in a personal conversation and discover your new favourite drop, matching to every culinary occasion.

Especially this year: the shizuku sake bar & lounge where sake expert Marc Nydegger and barkeeper Dominik Gyger (Atelier Classic Bar, Thun) will serve sake specialties and cocktails. Kanpai!

More infos on this event are to be found here.

July 27, 2017

Dear connoisseur

At Swiss National Day a glass of the Japanese national drink? Sure! Unusual, but excellent.

For an enjoyable August 1, shizuku recommends…
... the highly complex and aromatic Shirayuki Banzaimon to a traditional Berner Platte
... Inatahime Ryokan to meat and sausage from the grill
... a down-to-earth Ghackets und Hörnli with the strong Daiginjo Hiyashibori
... a Swiss cheese fondue with the elegant Itami Morohaku
... the traditional Rösti with cream champignons with the full-bodied Asahimai Junmai
... or a risotto Ticinese with the creamy Nouvelle

Various recipes and suggestions for your culinary firework are to be found here.

July 2, 2017

Dear connoisseur

Join the journey and dive into the multifaceted world of Japan`s national drink "nihonshu".

With the shizuku annual subscription you will receive four selected surprise drops for twelve months, matching the respective season.

Or add a sparkle to someone with a delight that lasts a whole year long.

shizuku is already looking forward to taking you on an exciting journey of flavours as of mid June.

The shizuku annual subscription – also the perfect gift idea.

June 4, 2017