Sasanokawa Shuzo, with a history of over 250 years as a shuzo, obtained a license to produce whisky in 1946 and established the “Asaka Distillery” in 2016 as a project to celebrate its 250th anniversary. This world blended whisky uses the Asaka distillery’s original whisky as the key malt, as …

Last year, on December 17 (Sat.) and 18 (Sun.), 2022, the Institute of Whisky Culture hosted “JAPANESE FES 2022 in TOKYO“, a two-day event featuring a large collection of Japanese whiskies, gins, and spirits. We went to the event to check the latest Japanese whisky trends and provide valuable information …

The Sasanokawa Brewery, Asaka Distillery, and the online store Fukushimaya Shoten have been working on a whisky barrel owner system for the past five years. From 2022, the sixth year of the program, Sasanokawa Brewery and Azumi Distillery will take over the program and continue it as the new “Asaka …

Sasanogawa Brewery, with a history of over 250 years as a sake brewery, obtained a license to produce whisky in 1946 and established the Asaka Distillery in 2016 as a 250th anniversary project.   The distillery has been gaining recognition both in Japan and abroad, with Yamazakura Blended Malt Japanese …

The sixth installment of the “Japanese Whisky Dictionary” Youtube video distribution! This time, we would like to introduce “Yamazakura Blended Malt Japanese Whisky Sherry Wood Reserve Asaka” from Asaka Distillery located in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture, operated by Sasanogawa Brewery, the oldest whisky distillery in Hokuriku. This time we would …

Two types of Azumi Distillery’s bourbon-barrel originals aged for five years, the so-called Double cask. bottled at cask strength. 2017’s original bottle is from the Azumi Distillery’s First year of business The original sake was brewed in the This bottle allows you to fully enjoy the strengths of both the …

We recently posted an article on the results of the Japan preliminary round of the World Whiskey Awards 2022. The winning products in each category at that time will then advance to the world round, where the final results will be announced on March 24. Yesterday, the results of the …

The World Whiskies Awards, a whisky competition to select the best whisky in each category from among whisky entries from around the world, has announced the results of the preliminary rounds for each country for 2022. In this article, I will introduce the results of the first round in Japan, …

Whisky Festival 2022, an exhibition and tasting event where whisky from all over the world will gather. More than 70 distilleries, liquor stores, bars, and other booths from Japan and abroad will exhibit their whiskies. Detailed information on the original bottles that will be sold by lottery at the event is now available.

The Sasanokawa Brewery, famous for its Cherry Whisky, was part of the local whisky boom that was known as “Cherry in the North, Toa in the East, and Mars in the West” from 1975 to 1960. In 2004, Mr. Ichiro Akuto, who was the president of Toa Shuzo at the …