Company Profile

Company name: Yokohama Kimijimaya Co., Ltd.
Address: 3-30 Minamiyoshidamachi, Minami-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 232-0012 Japan
Tel: +81 (0)45 251 6880 Fax: +81 (0)45 251 6850
e-mail: jounetu@kimijimaya.co.jp
web site: http://www.kimijimaya.co.jp
Established: 1892
Capital: 10,000,000 yen
Number of employees: 14 (as of January 2010)
Principal officer: Satoshi Kimijima
Distribution: Our clients are distinguished by their taste, atmosphere, and service. We have approximately 300 clients in metropolitan cities nationwide, including major hotels such as the Conrad Tokyo, Grand Hyatt Hotel, Imperial Hotel, Mandarin Oriental Hotel, and top-rated restaurants and French grandes maisons such as the Restaurant Benoit, Joel Robuchon, Beige Tokyo, etc.
Items: Japanese Sake, Shochu, Awamori, and Wine.
We have strong relationship with all our suppliers.
We have an outside warehouse and an underground temperature- controlled cave that keep all products in perfect condition.
Import: Started importing wine from France in 1997.
Currently have 45 foreign suppliers from France and Spain.
Plan to import wine from another countries.

Branch shop: Yokohama Kimijimaya Tokyo

Address: Marunouchi Nakadori Bldg.1F, 2-2-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005 Japan
Tel: +81 (0)3 6212 6880 Fax: +81 (0)3 6212 6881

Yokohama head officeYokohama head office Tokyo branch Tokyo branch

Satoshi Kimijima

Satoshi Kimijima
4th president of Yokohama Kimijimaya Co., Ltd., born in 1960
“I am dedicated to delivering the passion of good sake/wine vintners to the entire world, and to encourage global peace with sake, wine, and fine food.”

Owner of 3 establishments in Tokyo, each among the best of its type:
Goutte d'Or Douze ans Goutte d'Or Crattini Goutte d'Or
Goutte d'Or Douze ans
(Frence restaurant, Nishi Azabu-Tokyo)		 Goutte d'Or Crattini
(Italian restaurant, Marunouchi-Tokyo)		 Goutte d'Or
(Wine bar, Ginza-Tokyo)
in Provence, France 2003
Lectures on sake and wine for professionals and sake/wine lovers:
Japan Sommelier Association
NHK Culture Center (NHK: Japan Broadcasting Corporation, Japan’s sole public broadcaster)
Tasaki Shinya Wine School (Tasaki Shinya: the 1st Japanese winner of 1995 "World's Best Sommelier" contest)
Tokyu Culture School (Tokyu Corporataion: transportation, real estate, distribution industry, etc.)
Awarded titles by three French wine associations:
Echanson du Roi Ren, Coteau d'Aix en Provance, 2003
Chevaliers du Tastevin, Bourgogne, 2004
Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne, Champagne, 2008
As judge and supervisor of sake:
International Wine Challenge - Panel Chairmen (Sake) 2010
Member of Nagano pref. Appellation Controll Committee, since 2006
Nintendo DS “Sakasho”, August 2007
Sake & wine producers’ exchange:
@ Domaine des Amouriers, France. @ Domaine Gauby, France sake producer: Matsumoto
sake producers:Gaijin, Izumibashi
Conducts seminars to promote the enjoyment and understanding of sake worldwide:
WSET in London 2003-, Sake Club in New York 2004-, Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris 2004-,
Tetsuya's in Sydney 2005-, Embassy of Japan in Singapore 2005-, Kei's Passion in Nice on 24 June 2006-, Bissoh in Bourgogne on 26 June 2006-
SIRHA, Euroexpo Wine Party, 8 June 2005 Sake Seminar, 24 June 2005
25-29 January 2003 Lyon, France @ Yokohama Art Museum, Japan @ WSET, London

Sake Seminar, 25 June 2005 Kimijima-kai”enjoys French & Sake Wine Festival, Modern Chinese & wine
@ Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris 7 August 2005 @ Hanzoya, Yokohama 6 Nov. 2005 @ Pan Pacific Hotel, Yokohama

Sake Seminar, 10 November 2005“Kimijima-Kai”, Chinese & Sake Sake Seminar, 24 June 2006
@ Embassy of Japan in Singapore 26 March 2006 @ Chinatown, Yokohama @ Restaurant Kei’s Passion, Nice, France

Sake Seminar, 26 June 2006 judge of International Wine Challenge 2009 / supervisor of NINTENDO DS, “Sakasho”
@ Restaurant Bisoh, Beaune, France April 2007 @ The Barbican Ctr, London software of portable game, August 2007

Clients list: As Wholesale

Yokohama Kimijiimaya is proud to supply good merchandise to the following clients, all of whom provide excellent service to their customers.

《 Hotels 》

Tokyo: Conrad Tokyo, Grand Hyatt Tokyo, Hotel New Otani Tokyo, Imperial Hotel,
Mandarin Oriental Tokyo, Park Hyatt Tokyo, The Ritz Carlton
Yokohama: Pan Pacific Hotel, Royal Park Hotel, Yokohama Grand Intercontinental Hotel
Others: The Ritz Carlton (Osaka), Winsor Hotel (Sapporo)
etc.

Imperial Hotel / Mandarin Oriental / Park Hyatt Hotel / Winsor Hotel / Ritz Carlton Osaka

《 Restaurants 》

Tokyo: Le Cras, Meiji Kinenkan (Akasaka), Benoit, Lauburu, Reims Yanagidate, Velours (Aoyama),
Le Bourguignon, The Georgean Club (Azabu), Mushroom, QED Club, Joel Robuchon (Ebisu),
Aux Amis des Vins, Beige Tokyo, Goutte d'or, L'ecrin, Le Manoir D'hastings, Kanetanaka, L'osier, Narukami, Wako Alpezzio (Ginza), Aux D'elices de Hongo (Hongo), La Table de Com,ma (Komazawa), Cote d'or (Mita), Goutte d'or Crattini (Nishi-azabu), Restaurant Fue (Nogizaka),
La Butte Boisee(Okusawa), Bouquet de France, La Farandole, L'atelier de Joel Robuchon, Maxivin, Roppongi Hills Club (Roppongi), La Rochelle (Shibuya), Tasaki Shinya Wine Salon (Toranomon), Kitajima-tei (Yotsuya), Kinoshita (Yoyogi)
Yokohama: Iroha sushi
Others: Gion Okumura (Kyoto)
etc.

Beige Tokyo / Joel Robuchon / L’osier / Kanetanaka / Meiji Kinenkan

《 The Food Service Industries 》

Food Scope Co.Ltd., Global Dining Co.Ltd., Kushinobo Dining Co.Ltd., Y’s Table Corporation, etc.

Supplier: Sake

A Japanese traditional alcoholic beverage, a fermented liquor made of rice, water, and *koji (aspergillus).
*Rice upon which koji mold has been cultivated. Koji mold converts starch into glucose.

Kamoshibito / Kuheiji / Gikyo / Daruma Masamune / Kikuhime / Tengumai
/
Yoemon/ Gaijin Izumibashi/ Sawaya Matsumoto/ Kenkon’ichi
/
Urakasumi/ Kazenomori/ Matsuno-Tsukasa/ Kikuyoi/ Masuizumi
《 Aichi 》
Manjo Sake Brewery (Kamoshibito Kuheiji), Yamachu Honke Sake Brewery (Gikyo)
《 Akita 》
Kikusui Sake Brewery (Noshiro), Kuribayashi Sake Brewery (Harugasumi 春霞)
Maizuru Sake Brewery (Tabuse), Saiya Sake Brewery (Yurimasamune 由利正宗)
Shin Hinomaru Sake Brewery (Manabito 真人), Yamamoto Sake Brewery (Shirataki 白瀑)
《 Aomori 》
Nishida Sake Brewery (Denshu 田酒)
《 Chiba 》
Iwase Sake Brewery (Iwanoi), Kidoizumi Sake Brewery (AFS)
《 Fukui 》
Kato Kichibei Sake Brewery (Bon 梵), Kokuryu Sake Brewery (Kokuryu 黒龍)
Miyake Hikoemon Sake Brewery (Hayaseura 早瀬浦)
《 Fukuoka 》
Asahikiku Sake Brewery (Asahikiku 旭菊), Inoue Sake Brewery (Miino-Kotobuki)
《 Fukushima 》
Hiroki Sake Brewery (Hiroki 飛露喜) , Takahashi Shosaku Sake Brewery (Aizu Musume 会津娘)
《 Gifu 》
Michisakari Sake Brewery (Michisakari), Shiraki Tsunesuke Sake Brewery (Daruma Masamune)
《 Hiroshima 》
Kirei Sake Brewery (Kirei 亀齢)
《 Hyogo 》
Nishiyama Sake Brewery (Kotsuzumi 小鼓), Shimomura Sake Brewery (Okuharima 奥播磨)
Tabata Sake Brewery (Rashoumon 羅生門)
《 Ibaragi 》
Buyu Sake Brewery (Buyu 武勇), Sudo Honke Sake Brewery (Satono-Homare)
《 Ishikawa 》
Fukumitsuya Sake Brewery (Fukumasamune), Kikuhime Sake Brewery (Kikuhime)
Kuze Sake Brewery (Chouseimai 長生舞), Shata Sake Brewery (Tengumai)
《 Iwate 》
Kawamura Sake Brewery (Yoemon), Kuji Sake Brewery (Nanbu Bijin 南部美人)
Tsukinowa Sake Brewery (Tsukinowa)
《 Kagawa 》
Ayakiku Sake Brewery (Ayakiku 綾菊), Maruo Sake Brewery (Gaijin)
《 Kanagawa 》
Izumibashi Sake Brewery (Izumibashi), Kawanishiya Sake Brewery (Ryu 隆, Tanzawasan)
Kumazawa Sake Brewery (Tensei 天青)
《 Kumamoto 》
Kikunoshiro Sake Brewery (Kikunoshiro), Kumamoto Sake Brewery (Kouro 香露)
《 Kochi 》
Hamakawa Sake Brewery (Bijoubu), Suigei Sake Brewery (Suigei 酔鯨)
《 Kyoto 》
Fujioka Sake Brewery (Soku 蒼空), Matsumoto Sake Brewery (Sawaya Matsumoto)
《 Mie 》
Moriki Sake Brewery (Taenohana, Rumikono Sake), Takahashi Sake Brewery (Tenyurin 天遊琳)
Takijiman Sake Brewery (Takijiman 瀧自慢)
《 Miyagi 》
Chida Sake Brewery (Kurikomayama 栗駒山), Hagino Sake Brewery (Haginotsuru)
Hirako Sake Brewery (Hidakami 日高見), Kanenoi Sake Brewery (Wataya 綿屋)
Onuma Sake Brewery (Kenkon'ichi), Saura Sake Brewery (Urakasumi)
Suminoe Sake Brewery (Suminoe 墨廼江)
《 Nagano 》
Miyajima Sake Brewery (Zankuro 斬九郎), Miyasaka Sake Brewery (Masumi 真澄)
Osawa Sake Brewery (Meikyoshisui 明鏡止水), Sakunohana Sake Brewery (Sakunohana)
Tomono Sake Brewery (Sawanohana 澤乃花)
《 Nara 》
Umenoyado Sake Brewery (Umenoyado 梅乃宿), Yucho Sake Brewery (Kazeno-mori)
《 Niigata 》
Asahi Sake Brewery (Essyu, Kubota久保田, Senshin, Tokugetsu)
Chiyonohikari Sake Brewery (Chiyono-Hikari) , Hakkai Sake Brewery (Hakkaisan 八海山)
Ikeura Sake Brewery (Warakugoson 和楽互尊), Inomata Sake Brewery (Tsukimizunoike)
Kawachu Sake Brewery (Fukusen, Onikoroshi), Masukagami Sake Brewery (Masukagami)
Midorikawa Sake Brewery (Midorikawa 緑川), Miyao Sake Brewery (Shimehari-Tsuru)
Myoko Sake Brewery (Koshino-Setsugekka), Watanabe Sake Brewery (Nezi Otokoyama 根知男山)
《 Osaka 》
Gosyun Sake Brewery (Gosyun 呉春)
《 Saga 》
Fukuchiyo Sake Brewery (Nabeshima 鍋島), Gochoda Sake Brewery (Azumaichi 東一)
《 Saitama 》
Shinkame Sake Brewery (Shinkame 神亀, Hikomago)
《 Shiga 》
Hata Sake Brewery (Daijiro 大治郎), Matsuse Sake Brewery (Matsuno-Tsukasa)
《 Shizuoka 》
Aoshima Sake Brewery (Kikuyoi), Doi Sake Brewery (Kaiun), Hatsukame Sake Brewery (Hatsukame) Isojiman Sake Brewery (Isojiman 磯自慢), Kazawagawa Sake Brewery (Shosetsu 正雪)
《 Tochigi 》
Utsunomiya Sake Brewery (Shikizakura 四季桜)
《 Tokushima 》
Naga Sake Brewery (Asahiwakamatsu 旭若松)
《 Tottori 》
Suwaizumi Sake Brewery (Suwaizumi 諏訪泉)
《 Toyama 》
Kiyoto Sake Brewery (Kachikoma 勝駒), Masuda Sake Brewery (Masuizumi)
Tateyama Sake Brewery (Tateyama 立山)
《 Yamagata 》
Asahikawa Sake Brewery (Yamabuki 山吹極), Dewazakura Sake Brewery (Dewazakura 出羽桜)
Fumotoi Sake Brewery (Fumotoi 麓井), Mitobe Sake Brewery (Yamagata Masamune 山形正宗)
Takagi Sake Brewery(Jyuyondai 十四代), Yonetsuru Sake Brewery(Ukitamu)
《 Yamaguchi 》
Yaoshin Sake Brewery (Gangi 雁木)


rice harvest in autumn/ Yamadanishiki (Brewer's rice)

fermentation sake tanks in winter/ old sake pots and bottles

Supplier: Shochu, Awamori

Shochu:

Japan’s representative spirits made from fermented and distilled ingredients such as wheat, sweet potato, rice, brown sugar(sugarcane), or buckwheat.

Bakkan Nasakejima / Asahi/ Moriizo / Ikeno-Tsuyu / Musha Gaeshi / Kakuzo
《 Tokyo 》
Hachijo Shochu Brewery (Bakkan Nasakejima)
《 Kagoshima 》
Asahi Shochu Brewery (Asahi), Moriizo Shochu Brewery (Moriizo)
Murao Shochu Brewery (Murao 村尾, Satsuma Jaya 薩摩茶屋)
Nishi Shochu Brewery (Banreki, Tenshi-no-Yuwaku, Tomino-Houzan 富乃宝山)
Sagara Shochu Brewery (Sagara Hyouroku 相良兵六), Sato Shochu Brewery (Sato 佐藤)
Tomita Shochu Brewery (Ryugu 龍宮)
《 Kumamoto 》
Amakusa Shochu Brewery (Amakusa, Ikeno-Tsuyu), Jufuku Shochu Brewery (Musha Gaeshi)
Toyonaga Shochu Brewery (Iki Iki, Toyonagakura 豊永蔵)
《 Miyazaki 》
Fujimoto Shochu Brewery (Fujino-Tsuyu), Furusawa Shochu Brewery (Yaezakura 八重桜)
Iwakura Shochu Brewery (Tsukino-Naka, Tsuma), Kawasaki Shochu Brewery (Sonono-Tsuyu)
Kuroki Honten Shochu Brewery (Nakanaka 中々, Kiroku), Sato Shochu Brewery (Ginno-Mizu)
《 Nagasaki 》
Omoya Shochu Brewery (Kakuzo), Shigeie Shochu Brewery (Chingu)

schochu Jars - checking temperature

Awamori:

An alcoholic beverage distilled from rice, indigenous to and unique to Okinawa.
Okinawa is the semi-tropical, southern part of Japan; it comprises more than 50 islands.

Omoto Yamakawa / Yamakawa / Awamori Brewery / distillation tank / beautiful ocean in Okinawa
《 Okinawa 》
Takamine Awamori Brewery (Omoto), Yamakawa Awamori Brewery (Yamakawa)

Supplier: Wine

Yokohama Kimijimaya imports the following wines directly from their producers, and attempts to deliver their passion.

Dom. Albert Boxler / Dom. Valette / Pierre Moncuit / Gatinois Dom. / des Baumard

Dom. Clos Canarelli / Dom. Antoine Arena / Dom. Auguste Clape / Dom. Michel Ogier / Dom. Clos Urourat
《 Alsace 》
Domaine Albert Boxler, Distillerie Mette
《 Bordeaux 》
La Rose Bellevue (Premieres Cotes de Blaye), Chateau Haut-Segottes (Saint Emilion)
《 Bourgogne 》
Maison Camille Giroud (Beaune), Domaine Maison Blanche (Les Chablis), Domaine Ragot (Givry), Domaine de la Saraziniere (Maconnais), Domaine Valette (Pouilly-Fuisse), Domaine Francois Gerbet (Vosne Romannee)
《 Champagne 》
Pierre Moncuit (Mesnil-sur-Oger), Gatinois (Ay)
《 Jura & Savoie 》
Domaine Jacques Puffeney (Jura)
《 Languedoc/Roussillion 》
Domaine Vial Magneres (Banyuls), Chateau des Estanilles (Faugeres),
Chateau d'Oupia (Minervois), Domaine Gauby (Roussillion), Mas Champart (Saint-Chinian)
《 Loire 》
Pierre Luneau-Papin (Muscadet), Domaine des Baumard (Quarts de Chaume),
Andre Neveu et Fils (Sancerre), Rene-Noel Legrand (Saumur), Chateau de la Roche (Touraine Azey-le-Rideau)
《 Provence et Corse 》
Chateau Beaupre (Coteaux d'Aix en Provence), Domaine Deffends (Coteaux Varois)
Chateau Saint Baillon (Cotes de Provence), Chateaux Elie Sumeire (Cotes de Provence) Domaine de L'Ile (Cotes de Provence), Domaine Clos Canarelli (Corse), Domaine Antoine Arena (Corse), Domaine Renucci (Corse)
《 Cotes du Rhone 》
Domaine Les Hautes Cances (Cairanne), Domaine du Banneret (Chateauneuf-du-Pape), Domaine Auguste Clape (Cornas), Domaine Michel Ogier (Cote-Rotie), Domaine du Monteillet (Cote-Rotie Condrieu), Domaine du Pavillon (Crozes-Hermitage), Domaine Les Goubert (Gigondas), Domaine des Amouriers (Vacqueyras)
《 Sud-Ouest 》
Domaine Clos Uroulat (Jurancon), Domaine Capmartin (Madiran)
《 Spain 》
Cava Naveran (Penedes)