https://jpwhisky.net Japanese Whisky Dictionary Wed, 05 Nov 2025 08:17:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://en.jpwhisky.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cropped-jwd_logo-32x32.jpg https://jpwhisky.net 32 32 https://en.jpwhisky.net/japanesedistillery-2-3542/ Wed, 05 Nov 2025 06:15:19 +0000 http://jpwhisky.net/?p=1447 The latest list of whisky distilleries in Japan updated in January 2021, including Yamazaki distillery, Hakushu distillery, Yoichi distillery, Miyagikyo distillery, craft distilleries Chichibu distillery, Atsugishi distillery, Gaia Flow Shizuoka distillery, Mars Shinshu distillery, Mars Tsunuki distillery, Saburo Maru distillery, Azumi distillery, and 27 more! I'll be back!]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/niseko-distillery-2-52038/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 04:02:28 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=52038 World-recognized gin and remarkable whisky making Hakkai Brewery, Niseko Distillery Tour report We visited the Niseko Distillery of Hakkai Brewing, which has been in operation since 2020 in Niseko-Chou, Hokkaido. In February 2024, the distillery received the “World’s Best” award in the classic gin category at the World Gin Awards 2024, an international liquor competition […]]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/kentenjitsugyo-furano-distillery-2-48888/ Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:26:33 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=48888 Kenten Jitsugyo Corporation, owner of the Akkeshi distillery, announces the commercialization of whisky matured in Furano. Also, a promising distillery candidate site is found. Akkeshi Distillery is one of the leading craft whisky makers in Japan. What will the distillery and aging facility in Furano, northern Hokkaido, be like? 1．Kenten Jitsugyo Furano Distillery Kenten Jitsugyo […]]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/asakadistilley-2-48925/ Wed, 26 Feb 2025 06:15:32 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=48925 Cherry of the North, Toa of the East, Mars of the West” once ceased production, but resumed in 2015 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of its founding. The distillery is a windy distillery in Asaka that has protected the original Ichiro’s Malt and also the future of Japanese craft. 1.Outline Yamazakura Shuzo, founded in 1710 […]]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/gaiaflowshizuokadistilley-2-48186/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:08:45 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=48186 A whisky lover set up a whisky import and sales business, and with the advice of Mr. Ichiro Akuto, he continued the lineage of the once legendary Karuizawa distillery. As the phrase “I forget myself.” suggests, this distillery is a distillery that is dedicated to its own way. 1.Outline The distillery is located in the […]]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/saburomarudistillery-2-47482/ Fri, 20 Dec 2024 06:01:13 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=47482 With anedgy theme of“The Ultimate Peat,”they continue to make only smoky whisky.Although a traditional sake brewer, they have an innovative philosophy, andtheir challenges, such asJapan’s first bottlers business and thedevelopment and patenting of a next-generation pot still, have brought tradition and innovation, and are pushing Japanese whisky into a new industry. 1.Outline The first whisky […]]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/yuzadistillery-2-47727/ Tue, 12 Nov 2024 06:18:44 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=47727 The distillery’s concept is “TLAS”, which stands for Tiny, Lovely, Authentic, and Supreme, and they have an absolute policy that they will not release a product unless they are satisfied with the quality of the product. 1.Outline of the distillery Ltd. was established in 1950 as a joint venture of nine local sake breweries to […]]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/sakuraodistillery-2-46115/ Sat, 21 Sep 2024 11:41:57 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=46115 With the World Heritage Site of Itsukushima Shrine in the background, the brewery that has supported Hiroshima’s sake culture with sake and shochu for more than 100 years will create a hybrid distillery that combines surprisingly new ideas with proven technology. 1.Outline Chugoku Brewery, long a familiar name in Hiroshima as a comprehensive sake production […]]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/marstunukidistillery-2-45978/ Sat, 14 Sep 2024 11:45:40 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=45978 Tsunuki Distillery is the birthplace of the Hombo Sake Brewery, which represents Kagoshima Satsuma with 150 years of tradition and history, and is located at the southernmost tip of the mainland. The distillery is located at the southernmost tip of the mainland. The distillery and the Komagatake distillery share the same sake quality, and the former residence of the Hombo family, "Hojo", a renovated Japanese-style house, is full of emotion. ]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/marskomagatakedistillery-2-45595/ Tue, 10 Sep 2024 04:36:14 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=45595 Founded in 1872. Hombo Shuzo, a general liquor manufacturer including shochu and wine, revived the distillery in 2011 after it was closed in 1922 due to the whisky depression. Kiichiro Iwai, known as the man who sent Masataka Taketsuru, the father of Japanese whiskey, to Scotland, was once involved in the distillery as an advisor. It is also known for being the first distillery in Japan to exchange sake with other distilleries, something that had never been done before.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/kanosukedistillery-2-45574/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 06:43:01 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=45574 Established in 1883, shochu maker Komasa Jozo opened in 2017. The company's capital participation with the British major Diageo attracted a great deal of attention, and under the motto of "world-class whiskey that utilizes the tradition and knowledge of shochu making," the company is developing products full of originality, including the use of its own shochu barrels.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/akkeshidistillery-2-43138/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 07:36:04 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=43138 A charismatic and popular distillery created by the land of the north, leading the next generation of craft distilleries. 1. Outline The distillery is located in Akkeshi-cho in the eastern part of Hokkaido, known as a famous oyster producing area, and is operated by “Kenten Jitsugyo Co”. Headquartered in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, “Kenten Jitsugyo” was founded […]]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/chichibudistillery-2-42660/ Sat, 25 May 2024 07:22:57 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=42660 Covers basic information on the Chichibu distillery, from production specifications to master blenders.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/mt-fujigotenbadistillery-2-41130/ Sat, 30 Mar 2024 07:24:49 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=41130 Covers basic information about Fuji Gotemba Distillery, including production specifications and past master blenders.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/chita-distillery-2-40152/ Tue, 19 Mar 2024 07:35:09 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=40152 Covers basic information about Miyagikyo Distillery, including production specifications and past master blenders.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/miyagikyo-distillery-2-39927/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:38:02 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=39927 Covers basic information about Miyagikyo Distillery, including production specifications and past master blenders.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/hakushu-distilley-suntory-2-39980/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 07:21:29 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=39980 Covers basic information on Hakushu Distillery, including basic specifications and past master blenders.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/yamazaki-distillery-suntory-2-37614/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 05:13:03 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=37614 The first whisky distillery in Japan, which will celebrate its 100th year of operation in 2023. 1. Outline “Shinjiro Torii,” the first president of Kotobukiya (now Suntory), started the distillery in 1923. It is world famous as the first whisky distillery in Japan, and its numerous products have been highly acclaimed at international whisky competitions. […]]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/akkeshi-distillery-visit-2023-2-30097/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 07:28:59 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=30097 Kenten Ltd. , which has been producing whisky in Akkeshi-cho, East Hokkaido since 2016, presents a report on a visit to the Akkeshi Distillery in May 2023.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/yamazaki-distillery-report-2-30243/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 08:00:42 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=30243 One hundred years ago, Shinjiro Torii and Masataka Taketsuru of Kotobukiya (now Suntory) paid a visit to the Suntory Yamazaki Distillery, which was built on the border of Kyoto and Osaka prefectures, as a paid tour. Here is a report on the tour, the Yamazaki Whisky Pavilion, and their impressions.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/yoich-distillery-2-25815/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 11:39:12 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=25815 After establishing the "Yamazaki Distillery" with Shinjiro Torii, the second whisky distillery in "Nikka Whisky Yoichi Distillery" in Japan, Masataka Taketsuru sought a climate and natural environment similar to that of Scotland in order to reproduce without any compromise the whisky making process he learned in Scotland, and he ended up in the northern land of "Yoichi". They sought a climate and natural environment similar to that of Scotland, and they found it in the northern land of "Yoichi". The distillation process that continues to this day, using direct coal-fired heating, is rare even in Scotland today.]]> https://en.jpwhisky.net/sakurao-distillery-report-2-25591/ Sun, 26 Mar 2023 10:11:03 +0000 https://jpwhisky.net/?p=25591 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.]]>