Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana

01/22/2026

✨ Sake lovers & foodies — this one’s for you! 🍶🍴
Join us for the ultimate Food & Sake Pairing experience at Kettner Exchange!

📅 Sunday, Feb 1st 12pm -3pm
🥂 Curated pairings • Delicious bites • Great vibes

What to Expect & Your ticket includes:

✅Explore 40+ Premium sake from variety of region in Japan
✅Opening remarks with Sparkling Sake Tower
✅Five refined bites by Chef Brian, composed to showcase harmony between food and sake
✅Action Station - Live fish breakdown show featuring the fresh seasonal catch, guided by expert chefs
✅Caviar Station - Experience the great pairing of Sake and Caviar
✅Original Sake glass to take home

****21+ only. Please bring a valid ID.

🎫 Grab your tickets now:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sake-meets-west-ultimate-sake-food-pairing-tickets-1975357457330

Let’s make it a memorable Sunday together! 🙌

09/20/2025

🌊 Discover Ise-Shima! 🌊

Special Workshop & Cultural Experience

📍 Japanese Friendship Garden (JFGM), Inamori Pavilion
🗓 October 8, 2025 10am-4pm

✨ Join us for a hands-on cultural experience inspired by the beautiful seaside region of Ise-Shima, Japan.
✔ Craft-making activity(Kumiko Coaster / Pearl Accessory )
✔ Free admission to the Japanese Friendship Garden with workshop registration
✔ Learn about Ise-Shima’s rich traditions, food, and culture

👉 Sign up today!
https://www.niwa.org/discover-ise-shima

Spaces are limited – don’t miss this special opportunit

Ise-Shima is one of Japan’s most unique and beautiful regions, designated as a National Park. It is home to Japan’s most sacred shrine, Ise Jingu, and a community whose lives are deeply connected to the sea. Discover the beauty and culture of Ise-Shima through hands-on workshops and art exhibiti...

07/18/2023

We are thrilled to announce San Diego's largest Sake Festival -featuring over 50 Craft Sake Brands. Limited number of Early Bird Tickets are available NOW!!

San Diego's largest sake tasting event! Event is 21+. Advance tickets are strongly recommended.

02/25/2023

EVENT:
Private Premier of the film "8:15 Hiroshima | From Father to Daughter," produced by Akiko Mikamo, INSEAD SD president, presented by San Diego-WISH (Worldwide Initiative to Safeguard Humanity)
WHEN: March 1 (W) from 5:30pm-8:15pm

WHERE: THE Lot La Jolla
https://www.thelotent.com/movie-theater/lajolla

7611 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA 92037

TICKET: $20/person, First Come First Served for the limited number of tickets (max 68). Please Purchase here.

The wristbands provided at Happy Hour for the ticket holders are required for the entry into the auditorium.

PROGRAM:
5:30pm-6:55pm MBASD Happy Hour Mixer with a cash bar and light appetizers provided by Yale & INSEAD on the side patio of THE Lot restaurant/bar

7pm-8:15pm The film screening and brief talks by:

Akiko Mikamo, Executive Producer & Author of "8:15," 2014 recipient of The World Peace Award at House of Lords in UK by the World Peace & Prosperity Foundation
Casey Tanaka, former Mayor of Coronado/Citycouncil member/AP US History/Government teacher
Mike Kawamura, Hiroshima survivor/former president of Kyocera Europe and Kyocera Brazil

8:20pm ~ (Optional) Q&A and discussions with Executive Producer/Author Akiko Mikamo at the bar (cash bar)

THE FILM:

"8:15 Hiroshima | From Father to Daughter" is a 51 minute documentary/narrative hybrid film (directed by J.R. Heffelfinger) based on Akiko Mikamo's book "8:15 - A True Story of Survival and Forgiveness from Hiroshima."

It won the Audience Award at the 2020 Nashville Film Festival (Oscar qualifying film festival) and was an official selection at the Nashville FF, Association of Asian Studies Film Expo, and Hiroshima International Film Festival.

It illustrates Akiko's father Shinji's actual experiences of Hiroshima as a teen at only 3/4 miles from the epicenter of the first atomic bomb explosion over mankind in 1945, and his miraculous survival, love for humanity, and message for world peace, also revealing a shocking event in modern days, discovered in NYC.

Produced in the USA in 2020, Cinescope size, Dolby 5.1ch surround sounds, filmed with a 5K camera in NYC and Hiroshima, in English with Japanese subtitles (reenactments are in Japanese with English subtitles).

More info on the film:

https://www.815documentary.com/

Watch your favorite movie from the comfort of our oversized, reclinable leather seats and order food & drinks with the touch of a button.

09/21/2022

HOTEL GIVEAWAY!!
2 tickets to SD Sake Festival and 1 night stay at the Westgate Hotel🎉🍶 Learn more details from link below!
https://mailchi.mp/64d154a7aa98/hotelgiveaway

07/15/2022

The San Diego Ramen Festival is the most exciting food event coming back this fall to San Diego for our FIFTH ramencredible year on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at the Port Pavilion on Broadway Pier!
It’s time to get your ramen on and practice binge-eating before Thanksgiving – and you can go ramen crazy on Thursday, November 10th, at the fourth annual San Diego Ramen Festival! Every year, this event SOLD OUT months before the event.
Keep visiting here or go to our website www.sdramenfest.com for more news and updates, like performers, vendors, artists, and most importantly, our ramen guys - the ones who will fill you up with awesome ramen goodness!
The San Diego Ramen Festival is presented the Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana. This ramencredible event is co-created and produced by Silk Road Productions.
We love ramen and want you to show your love for ramen, too! This is the time to !

07/13/2022

We are thrilled to announce San Diego’s largest sake celebration — San Diego Sake Festival 2022, with Beshcock and Co-hosts Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana. Join us as we guide you through the best sake from Japan and the US at one of San Diego’s popular waterfront destinations, Ruocco Park!

Early Bird tickets are available in limited quantity only!!

Beshock Ramen is thrilled to announce San Diego’s largest sake celebration — San Diego Sake Festival 2022, with our Co-hosts Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana. Join us as we guide you through the best sake from Japan and the US at one of San Diego’s popular waterfront destinations, Ruocco...