OUR HANDS ON, KIKISAKE-SHI COURSE IS COMING BACK. SSI (Sake Service Institute) was founded in 1990 to educate and provide an international standard that improves and establishes Sake as a globally recognised product. With demand for Japan’s national alcoholic beverage increasing, through educational campaigns, SSI aims to diffuse and expand Japanese Sake, while continuing to influence, inherit and propel relevant industries. The SSI has been providing the official Kikisake-shi (Sake Specialist) course, Shochu Kikisake-shi and higher certificate in Sake and Shochu education course for over 30 years.