Celebrate Museum Store Sunday with the JANM Store’s unique pop-up event featuring select items from the store, HAKKO products like artisan koji, miso, and shoyu, and special offerings from Sonoko Sakai. There will also be a special cookbook signing opportunity with Sonoko Sakai, author of the new cookbook, Wafu Cooking: Everyday Recipes with Japanese Style. HAKKO will also offer a demonstration and tasting of their pressed kioke (wooden barrel) soy sauce.
Sample what it’s like to support JANM’s mission while buying gifts and supplies for the holidays!
Wafu Cooking is available for purchase on the JANM Store online and during Museum Store Sunday.
Schedule
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Book signing with Sonoko Sakai
Special item sale and cookbook signing opportunity with Sonoko Sakai, author of the new cookbook, Wafu Cooking: Everyday Recipes with Japanese Style
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Demonstration and tasting
Demonstration and tasting of HAKKO’s pressed kioke (wooden barrel) soy sauce
Bios
Sonoko Sakai
Sonoko Sakai is the author of Japanese Home Cooking, Rice Craft, The Poetical Pursuit of Food, and Wafu Cooking. She has worked as a recipe developer, producer, creative director, cooking teacher, and lecturer. Her cooking reflects her rich cultural upbringing and her cooking philosophy focused around freshness, seasonality, simplicity, beauty, and economy.
Yoko Lamn
Yoko Lamn is the founder of HAKKO, which blends traditional Japanese fermented foods—such as koji, miso, soy sauce, and amazake—with modern lifestyles through curated products, workshops, and events. As a fermentation instructor, her mission is to preserve Japan’s time-honored fermentation traditions while reimagining them for the future.
About Museum Store Sunday
On the Sunday following Thanksgiving, over 2,200 museum stores representing all fifty states and the District of Columbia, twenty-five countries, and five continents will offer inspired shopping at your favorite museums and cultural institutions. From books to jewelry to home accessories, stationery and children’s products, there is always something for everyone. Shop knowing you are supporting the missions and programs of each participating museum and cultural institution.