Learn Sake & Sommellerie of Sake in Tokyo

Honest level: Beginner -> Master of Sake — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

Schools in Tokyo

Checked by hand against each school's own course pages. No school paid to be listed.

• Sake Service Institute (SSI, HQ Tokyo)
  Sommelier of Sake (International Kikisake-shi) three-day certification
  The Tokyo-founded body that created and awards the Kikisake-shi qualification, offering a three-day International Kikisake-shi (Sommelier of Sake) training and three-stage exam covering sake characteristics, production, and blind tasting.
  https://ssiintl.jp/
• Sake Sommelier Academy
  Certified Sake Sommelier (multi-day in-person course)
  A London-headquartered sake educator operating through partner schools worldwide that runs a multi-day Certified Sake Sommelier course covering ingredients, brewing, tasting, and food pairing.
  https://sakesommelieracademy.com/
• Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association courses
  Japan Sake & Shochu Academy
  The national producers' association in Tokyo runs the Japan Sake & Shochu Academy, an intensive course of lectures and tastings of roughly 70 sake and shochu that issues a completion certificate co-signed by the National Research Institute of Brewing.
  https://japansake.or.jp/sake/en/topic/sake-shochu-academy/japan-sake-shochu-academy/

The credential

International Kikisake-shi (Sake Sommelier), up to WSET Level 3 Award in Sake · Certifying body: SSI (Sake Service Institute) / WSET (Sake program)

A recognised qualification an outside body stands behind is not the same as a certificate a school prints itself. We name which it is — you should ask the school the same.

Also for Sake & Sommellerie of Sake

What I check before I send you anywhere

I'm Arnaud. I cook for a living, and I've spent fifteen years on the water — so I know the difference between a real school and a good-looking website. I built the Atlas because I got tired of the second kind. Here is what a place has to clear before it goes on here, and what I'll tell you straight when it doesn't.

• The craft is actually alive there. A working scene, with people who do this every day — not a demo put on for visitors.
• There's a real teacher behind it. Named, still practising, and certified where the craft has certificates.
• The credential is what it claims to be. A state diploma and a certificate a school prints itself are not the same thing. I check which, and I say which.
• I tell you how sure I am. Most pages here are verified by hand. A few say "still checking" — I'd rather admit that than pretend.
• Nobody pays to be here. No commission, no selling the trip. The order on this map is the strength of the community, never the size of the wallet.
• If I wouldn't send a friend, it isn't on the map.