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Chugoku Brewery, which has long been well known in Hiroshima as a comprehensive liquor manufacturer, including the first company in Japan to sell sake, shochu, and mirin in paper carton containers, is launching a new company to commemorate its 100th anniversary. In 2021, the company will change its name to “Sakurao Brewery and Distillery Co., Ltd.” and develop not only its gin and whiskey business, but also a whiskey theme park with a distillery attached.
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[April 2, 2024] Japanese Craft Whiskey BOOK

Tokyo News, publisher of TV Guide magazine, released "Japanese Craft Whiskey Reading Book" on Tuesday, April 2, 2012.
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[Visit Report] Sakurao Distillery (Sakurao B&D)

The Sakurao Distillery started operations in 2017. Since the first year, in addition to whisky production, the craft gin "Sakurao Gin" has been popular. The whisky is aged in two locations, one in the Sakurao Distillery and the other in the Togouchi Tunnel. The distillery produces two brands with different tastes, "Sakurao" and "Togouchi", and will start producing grain whisky in 2019. The distillery is one of the distilleries that should not be overlooked for its future expansion into the global market.
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T&T TOYAMA Inami Aged Warehouse completed (first bottlers business in Japan)

On April 22, 2022, the Inami maturation warehouse of "T&T TOYAMA" , a joint project between Takahiko Inagaki of Saburomaru Distillery and Mr. Komei Shimono of Maltyama, was completed. As the world's first Japanese whisky bottlers business, barreled whisky from several whisky distilleries in Japan will continue to mature.