Over 400 Years as Liquor Professionals

Akasaka Yomo carries some 20,000 types of alcohol, from sake and shochu to wine and whiskey, as well as recent favorites, craft beer and craft gin. With specialized staff for each type, Akasaka Yomo has earned the trust of general customers, visitors from abroad, and restaurant professionals.

Its selection of vintage wines is particularly noteworthy. The basement of the Akasaka main store is a wine cellar, with some wines valued as high as ¥7 million. Many customers have reportedly sought vintages from the year they were born and finally found it here.

This is an illustration of the Yomo store done in 1805, about 180 years after Yomo's founding. From Kuwagata Keisai's Kinsei Shokunin Tsukushi Ekotoba [Illustrated Story of Early Modern Craftsmen] (National Diet Library collection).