Haha No Hi – shizuku drop tip for Mother’s Day

On island nation Japan there are around 1300 active sake breweries. A small but excellent brewery in Fushimi stands out because it is led since more than 10 years by a passionate woman.

Brew master Mrs. Ootsukasa observes every step of the brewing process. Skilfully and with much love she creates flavourful and convincing sake - such as Karaku Amakuchi - with her small team.

„A Junmai Ginjo brewed with rice from Kyoto and water from Fushimi. The use of mochi rice leads to a sweetish, delicate product that matches with a lot of dishes. A sake that is particularly popular amongst women“, according to Ootsukasa, Shotoku Brewery.

Elegant and tasteful. Fruity-sweetish notes of lychee and fresh strawberries combined with a well-balanced acidity and a lingering aftertaste.

May be the perfect drop for Mother’s Day?

May 2, 2017

Mysterious geisha and legendary monsters, high-tech and crazy fashion trends. Colorful manga worlds, food culture and neon lights. Japan fascinates. And Japan is booming!

Consequently, JapAniManga Night 2017 is coming up with more attractions than ever before. Explore thrilling shows and concerts, exciting presentations, movies, stars and DJs with Japan fans and cosplayers from all over the world.

And indulge yourself with a noble premium drop on top. shizuku is pleased to spoil you at its stall in Davos (including direct sale).

More info on this event are to be found here.

April 29, 2017

Create a moment of uniqueness and treat yourself and your friends to a multi-faceted and exquisite evening of a special kind – with a touch of Japan.

Your private event at shizuku Store

From a small but mighty aperitif or a private tasting through to a cozy apéro riche with an individually arranged sake flight.
Try out the wide range of Japanese drops with a line up that will stick in mind.

You’d like to hold your private event at shizuku Store? Great!
Please verbalize your wishes, questions and ideas via e-mail to event@shizuku.ch.

shizuku is pleased to arrange an unforgettable evening with you.

April 22, 2017

The team at restaurant Bunter Hund in Winterthur will serve you a modern interpreted 4 course ‘menu surprise’ by chef Alexander Bindig with a perfect matching sake flight from shizuku.

On Thursday evening, Marc Nydegger, Certified Sake Professional and Managing Director of shizuku GmbH will be on site personally and is looking forward to accompanying you competently through the culinary evening. On this evening the menu will start at 7pm for everybody.

March 1, 2017

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.

February 15, 2017

Dear connoisseur

Full of intensity and gentle at the same time. In Japan, a cup of tea reflects culture, tradition, aesthetics and pure enjoyment.

The japanese tea ritual or way of tea (chado) is a matter of finding inner peace. A tradition that has been passed on over centuries and is still kept up passionately today.

Katrin & Gerhard Lange followed this passion. Thus, in 1983, they opened their Länggass-Tee store that is known far beyond Bern today and has become a Competence Center for tea.

shizuku is pleased to provide to you a small but fine assortment of japanese tea due to the partnership with Länggass-Tee.

Give yourself a moment of rest with a pleasant ‚drop of Japan’ of highest quality.
Or enjoy with stile and tradition in an appropriate accessoire from Japan.

January 30, 2017

Upside down – because of a cheeky little fruit!

Yuzu, the unique Japanese citrus fruit, is rated as an exclusivity over here and inspires star cooks, top gastronomy and scene bars all over the world.

Sweetish like a tangerine, bitter like a grapefruit and much more complex than a lemon – the distinctive, fresh aroma of the yuzu fruit is versatilely combinable and its juice for almost unlimited use.

Therefore, shizuku is pleased to introduce to you Kyo Yuzu Nigori.
The light Junmai Nigori with hand pressed yuzu juice is an inviting, cloudy aperitif with a low alcohol content and a lingering aftertaste. Pleasantly fruity in the nose, refreshing and sweet-sourish in the palate.

January 24, 2017

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 17, 2016

Dear connoisseurs

Kindly note that there is no shipment with DPD between December 20, 2016 and January 2, 2016.
Shipment before Christmas is possible by an order until December 19, 2016.

shizuku Store Christmas holidays
Products ordered online can be picked up with the option collection from storing place at shizuku Store until December 22, 2016. Kindly note that shizuku Store will be closed from December 23, 2016 until January 8, 2017.

December 4, 2016

Dear connoisseur

shizuku is pleased to offer you two innovative and extremely exciting products of Grace Rum, in Switzerland both of them are exclusively available at shizuku: CorCor Agricole and CorCor Red.

Highest quality rum

CorCor Agricole is made with freshly pressed sugar cane and convinces with intense and fruity as well as classic grassy notes.
CorCor Red is made by fermenting sugar cane molasses. Tangy and aromatic in the palate combined with sirupy notes.

Now at shizuku Store or online.

December 3, 2016

At restaurant Usagiyama on Hasenberg you can enjoy traditional, authentic and artful kaiseki cuisine in a typical Japanese ambience that is very unique in Switzerland.

This Sunday, chef Akio Tsurumi invites you to an extraordinary taste experience and serves to you a kyo kaiseki menu at the exclusive chef’s table, skillfully accentuated with a degustation of selected sake of the lineup of shizuku.

Marc Nydegger, Certified Sake Professional and Managing Director of shizuku GmbH is looking forward to welcoming and accompanying you personally on this culinary Sunday.

To the menu.

November 14, 2016

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. Of course we will be open also on the official Sunday sales of Zurich City.

November 7, 2016

Discover sake in a perfect harmony to our cuisine and enjoy daring interpreted Swiss classics and unusual new creations with a matching sake flight from the lineup of shizuku.

The team at restaurant Drei Stuben is pleased to spoil you for the fourth time with a Japanese inspired special menu.

Your seat in one of the three cosy parlours can be reserved here.

October 27, 2016

Dear connoisseur

We are over the moon and honoured at the same time! Exactly 3 years ago we had the privilege to start this exciting journey, the webshop shizuku.ch went online and the first drops have found their way to you.

We would like to thank you with all our heart for your confidence, your loyalty and also for your curiosity about Japanese drops at several events and tastings.

As a token for your interest, shizuku is pleased to treat you with a small surprise-drop as a free gift with your next online order placed until October 31, 2016.
As it is of you that the journey continues successfully – drop by drop.

Arigato! Thank you!

October 18, 2016

Dear connoisseur

Three years ago we have started the journey. And now we proudly celebrate the third anniversary of the webshop shizuku.ch.
Where? At newly opened shizuku Store!

From web to shop – it’s gonna be SAKElicious!
To celebrate the anniversary, we heartly invite you to discover our first shizuku Store on the official ‚Open House’. Clink glasses with us – to everything exciting and delighful to come...

October 13, 2016

Restaurant MITSU and shizuku invite you to an extraordinary evening of Japanese senses.

Chef Hiroshi Ochiai is responsible for the high level of preparation. The chef will spoil you with an authentic, Japanese 5 course kaiseki menu.

Marc Nydegger, Certified Sake Professional and Managing Director of shizuku GmbH 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.

To the menu.
Number of seats are limited. Reservation on number 044 242 37 76.

October 11, 2016

From Japan to Switzerland – Happy Nihonshu no Hi!

The best way to celebrate sake is drinking sake.
But why today? In Japan the brewery season always starts officially on October 1. Meanwhile this tribute to Japans national drink is celebrated worldwide – with big events, tastings or even simple but in good company – in Japanese manner.

World Sake Day is also celebrated here in Switzerland. And this is the weekend when another exquisite freight is going to leave the port of Kobe. On board there are many new and exciting sake that will reach Switzerland soon and enrich the lineup of shizuku.

In this sense ‚kanpai’ and ‚Happy Nihonshu no Hi’!

October 1, 2016

Dear connoisseur

A salad dressing with umehsu? Yes!
The Cherry Umeshu Dressing – a tangy dressing with the unique Japanese plum wine from Beniotome.

Intense, sweet and with a delightful pungency.
shizuku loves Japanese drops, to try something different and especially to present you continuously culinary suggestions and innovative culinary delights.

In cooperation with AKARI TASTE we bring together what belongs together. The Cherry Umeshu Dressing ist he new star amongst the Kabuki Dressings.

The new, vegan, Japanese taste experience – smooth in the palate and powerful in the taste at the same time. Try it out!

September 29, 2016

Dear connoisseur

I am sitting here in the first shizuku Store at Flüelastrasse 25 / 27 and am totally proud and full of anticipation to meet you personally as one of the first customers at our ‚new home’.

The journey started in 2013... After 3 years of hard but enjoyable work, numerous milestones, highlights and events throughout Switzerland and also many hours of preparations to the present day we are overwhelmed and motivated by heart to welcome you at our first shizuku Store in Zurich!

At shizuku Store you will find a lovely piece of Japanese sense of life on over 60 m2. Discover all our premium products live in the ‚showroom’, book your private event at shizuku Store and experience numerous hours of relish and joy with us.

Irasshaimase – welcome at shizuku Store! The journey continues.

September 27, 2016

Dear connoisseur

With summerlike temperatures we open up the game season, masterly accompanied with sake that will re-open your sins...

A venison stew with a fruity cranberry sauce, an escalope of venison with caramelized pears or a wild boar’s chop with autumnal side dishes such as red cabbage with quinces or sweet chestnuts.

To a hearty game dish, shizuku recommends...
... the delicate and vibrant Sawaya Matsumoto Junmai Daiginjo with a hint of sparkling
... the complex, gentle, aromatic and sirupy-fruity Daihoju
... or the complex Daiginjo Hiyashibori with a hint of moss and conifers combined with a slightly bitter taste of cocoa

shizuku is pleased to keep introducing to you appealing ideas for the joy of sake and to inspiring you with suggestions around umeshu and shochu.

Various recipes and suggestions for an enjoyable autumn are to be found here.

September 13, 2016

*New at Frau Gerolds Garten*

An unconventional wine tasting – sip by sip. For the first time SIP CLUB – WEINSCHMECKER FESTIVAL invites to a three-day enjoyment weekend on which the small sips take centre stage. Young wine makers with stories, urban trends and expiring exotics.

Taste premium sake, unique wine pearls as well as cocktails in surprising creations to matching culinary in a heartful atmosphere.

More infos on this event are to be found here.

August 30, 2016

Japan and the delicacies from Far East win the hearts of the connoisseurs!

The ‚fair for connoisseurs’ provides food inspirations for new accents on your meal plan – with creative cheese performers, vegan innovations for healthy and sustainable moments of relish or with workshops from established top chefs – and combines the Japanese cuisine with Swiss gourmet ingredients.

shizuku is pleased to attract you with sake within this particular scope.
Taste some exquisite premium sake, get advice in a personal conversation and discover your new favourite drop, matching to every culinary occasion.

More infos on this event are to be found here.

August 16, 2016

Become more familiar with Japan in a pleasurable way. In addition to various cultural impressions and impressive lectures, the Japanese cuisine will seduce your culinary senses. Try out a wide variety of delicacies – from ramen, sushi or takoyaki up to an-pan pastries – and taste a glass of sake from the premium selection of shizuku on top.

Visit us at Wiler Japanfest! shizuku is pleased to welcome you at its stall and to give advice and inspiration to you on site (including direct sale).

More infos on this event are to be found here.

August 12, 2016

Learn more about traditional sake brewing process and drinking culture.

Marc Nydegger, Certified Sake Professional, will bring closer to you the profundity of Japan’s national drink. Following the lecture there will be a degustation of premium drops in a cosy atmosphere. The tasted sake can be bought on site and enjoyed at home.

At Galerie Claudia Geiser East and West meet to contemporary artistic dialogues. shizuku is pleased to give a sake lecture in such ambience.

July 7, 2016

Crazy and elegant at the same time – the sparkling sake with hop.

de Ai is a sparkling sake that enthuses beer- and sake fans.
Rose blossom, hay and fruity-sweet notes of pear, lychee and cherry in the nose as well as a slightly bitter, refreshing aroma of grapefruit, lemon balm, elder and pink pepper at the palate with a subtle foam head in the glass.

Enjoy your perfect summer evening with the very light and refreshing de Ai.

Or win this unique sparkling sake on our Facebook page.
(until the end of July, 2016)

July 4, 2016

Summer makes thirsty.

shizuku is pleased to present you new and refreshing drops that will enrich the lineup with further interesting facets.

Discover...
... the fruity-sweetish and slightly tangy Inatahime Goriki
... the fruity and very complex Inatahime Junmai Daiginjo
... the bitter-sweet Sawaya Matsumoto Shuhari Yamadanishiki with a hint of sparkling
... the light and sweet Iku`s Shiro
... the strong and exciting Inatahime Ryokan

Or the newly arrived sparkling sake such as...
... the refreshing, slightly tangy de Ai, a sparkling sake with hops
... the slightly milky, fruity and elegant sparkling sake Hajimari
... or the sweet-and-sour sparkling sake Utakata Yuzu, fresh and fruity with a slightly bitter note

Browse through the shop with relish and discover your new favourite drop.

June 30, 2016

*Last seats*

The Cookuk and shizuku are looking forward to another culinary adventure with you.

In the Cookuk, cook with course instructor Susanne Vögeli udon noodle soup, vegetables tempura, steamed catfish marinated in miso and Dorayaki with handmade red bean paste.

And dive into the world of fragrances and flavours of japanese drops. shizuku compiles for you a lineup of selected premium sake that will accompany you through the evening.

June 12, 2016

Sausage on the grill and Kuriyazake in the glass.
The barbecue season has started!

Delightfully atypical, with a premium texture and a hint of smoke. The umami bomb Kuriyazake is the perfect companion to a nice piece of meat or a juicy sausage.

Heat up the grill and treat yourself to this culinary delight.

May 5, 2016

Mysterious geisha and legendary monsters, high-tech and crazy fashion trends. Colorful manga worlds, food culture and neon lights. Japan fascinates. And Japan is booming!

Consequently, JapAniManga Night 2016 is coming up with more attractions than ever before. Explore thrilling shows and concerts, exciting presentations, movies, stars and DJs with Japan fans and cosplayers from all over the world.

And indulge yourself with a noble premium drop on top. shizuku is pleased to spoil you at its stall in Davos (including direct sale).

More info on this event are to be found here.

April 13, 2016

Stroll through the centrally located, modern Bärensaal in Bern on Sunday afternoon, become infected with the social sense of life and explore the surprising variety of flavours of Japanese premium drops.

shizuku is pleased to welcome you at its stall at the Japan Bazar and to give advice and inspiration to you on site (including direct sale).

April 13, 2016