Sushi making classes, wine and fish pairing dinners, and winemaker tastings — held at Rice Market and partner venues across Washington DC.
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Rice Taste Kitchen · 1608 14th St NW, 2nd Floor
$90 per person
A tasting celebrating AAPI Heritage Month: wines from Asian American and Pacific Rim winemakers paired with sashimi-grade fish from Sashimi DC. Held at Rice Taste Kitchen on the second floor of Rice Market, steps above our shop. Tickets via Rice Market.
Get TicketsTranspacific Future Center · 1816 Jefferson Pl NW
$90 per person · Three time slots
Three winemakers — Akiko Shiba (Shiba Wichern Cellars), Sonoe Hirabayashi (Six Cloves Wines), and Jen Anderson (Novella) — pouring alongside sashimi-grade fish from Keita. Choose your preferred time slot.
Rice Market Lower Floor · 1608 14th St NW
$100 per person
A hands-on sushi making class led by Keita Miyaki. Learn the core techniques — seasoning rice, slicing sashimi-grade fish, and forming nigiri and rolls — using Bluefin Tuna, Sasshu Salmon, and Hokkaido Uni. All materials included. Limited seats.
Get TicketsRice Market Lower Floor · 1608 14th St NW
$100 per person
A hands-on sushi making class led by Keita Miyaki. Learn the core techniques — seasoning rice, slicing sashimi-grade fish, and forming nigiri and rolls — using Bluefin Tuna, Sasshu Salmon, and Hokkaido Uni. All materials included. Limited seats.
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Hands-on workshop making yuzu kosho from scratch — a Japanese fermented citrus-chilli condiment. Participants took home their own jar.
Two-day run of the Yuzu Kosho workshop. Participants learned fermentation basics alongside the citrus and chilli sourcing behind the condiment.
A family-friendly sushi making class for young cooks, with age-appropriate instruction on rice, nori rolls, and simple nigiri.
Sake District × Keita Seafood: a warm sake (kanzake) and sashimi pairing evening exploring how temperature transforms sake expression alongside Bluefin and Sasshu Salmon.
A summer run of the family sushi class. Hands-on techniques for young participants using sashimi-grade fish from Sashimi DC.
$35 · Two-day sparkling wine tasting with Marcus and Megan Goodfellow (Goodfellow Family Cellars, McMinnville, Oregon), paired with sashimi-grade fish from Sashimi DC.
$175 · A seated dinner pairing Ikejime Bluefin Tuna and Sasshu Salmon from Sashimi DC with wines from partner winemakers, hosted by Keita Miyaki.
$20 · Will Hamilton of Violin Wine (Eola-Amity Hills, Oregon) poured alongside sashimi-grade fish from Sashimi DC. Focused on cool-climate Pinot Noir and low-iron whites.
$175 · Seated pairing dinner with sashimi-grade Bluefin Tuna and Sasshu Salmon alongside wines selected by Keita Miyaki.
$5 · An accessible AAPI Heritage Month tasting featuring Pacific Rim and Japanese American winemakers, paired with fish from Sashimi DC.
$175 · Pairing education followed by a DIY dinner format — guests assembled their own omakase from the fish selection alongside guided wine pours.
Hands-on sushi making with Keita Miyaki using Ikejime Bluefin Tuna, Sasshu Salmon, and Hokkaido Uni. All materials included.
$70 · An intimate winter solstice evening combining haiku readings, natural wine, and sashimi-grade fish — a cross-disciplinary gathering at Rice Market.
An encore evening of the December pairing series, with sashimi-grade Bluefin Tuna and Sasshu Salmon from Sashimi DC paired with wines chosen by Keita Miyaki.
Three-evening pairing series with Ikejime Bluefin Tuna, Sasshu Salmon, and Hokkaido Uni alongside wines from Sashimi DC's partner winemakers.
A monthly pairing series spanning four weeks, exploring how different wine styles interact with the rotating fish selection at Sashimi DC.
An evening pairing session with sashimi-grade fish and wines guided by Keita Miyaki — one of the earliest public pairing events at Sashimi DC.
A longer-format evening combining a sushi technique class with a seated dinner using sashimi-grade Bluefin Tuna and Sasshu Salmon from Sashimi DC.
Ikejime Bluefin Tuna, Sasshu Salmon, and Hokkaido Uni — available Thursday through Sunday for pickup or same-day delivery across DC.