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 …

Lotte has released the 7th edition of “YOIYO,” [Japanese craft sake chocolate] sold by Lotte. After Mars Shinshu Distillery, Akkeshi Distillery, Gaiaflow Shizuoka Distillery, and Mars Tsunuki Distillery, the next one is “Sakurao Distillery.” This is YOIYO’s first chocolate made with gin. “SAKURAO GIN LIMITED” from the Sakurao Distillery in …

Ltd. (SAKURAO B&D) (formerly known as Chugoku Brewery Co., Ltd.), famous for its SAKURAO GIN, launched a project in 2015 to build a new distillery as a 100th anniversary project. SAKURAO DISTILLERY was born in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, known as the town of Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage Site, …

Ltd. (SAKURAO B&D) (formerly known as Chugoku Brewery Co., Ltd.), famous for its SAKURAO GIN, launched a project in 2015 to build a new distillery as a 100th anniversary project. SAKURAO DISTILLERY was born in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, known as the town of Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage Site, …

(SAKURAO B&D) (formerly known as Chugoku Brewery Co., Ltd.), famous for its SAKURAO GIN, launched a project in 2015 to build a new distillery as part of its 100th anniversary project. SAKURAO DISTILLERY was born in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, known as the town of Itsukushima Shrine, a World Heritage …

T&T TOYAMA’s first Japanese bottler, “THE LAST PIECE” has been released. The “Japanese Edition” is a blend of original whisky from five distilleries in Japan, while the “World Edition” is a blend of five distilleries in Japan plus additionally aged Scotch malt in Japan. The blue one is Japanese Edition …

The fifth installment of the Japanese Whisky Dictionary’s Youtube video distribution! This time, we’re going to show you the “Single Malt Japanese Whisky” from “Sakurao Distillery” , which is located a little west of Hiroshima City, near the Seto Inland Sea. This time, we would like to introduce “Single Malt …

(formerly known as Chugoku Brewery Co., Ltd.), famous for its SAKURAO GIN, has announced on its official website that the stillman has selected SAKURAO DISTILLERY’s best sherry casks to produce this single malt Japanese whiskey. The information on the simultaneous release (in limited quantities) of three types of single malt …

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.

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, …