Crowdfunding for the Hida Takayama Distillery, currently under construction in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, has begun. The crowdfunding started at 11:00 on March 25, 2022, and has made an impressive rocket start, having already succeeded in raising 26,532,000 yen, or 1326% of the target amount of 2,000,000 yen, as of …

Funasaka Sake Brewery, which has a more than 300-year history of sake brewing in Kamisanomachi, Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, plans to build the Hida Takayama Distillery, the first whisky distillery in Gifu Prefecture, with the aim of starting operations in 2023. The distillery is scheduled to start operation in 2023.