Japanese whisky is breaking records at global auction houses
When a bottle of Karuizawa 52-year-old Zodiac Rat sold for a record price at auction in March 2020, the sale proved Japan’s whisky is serious business.
Kirin Brewery Co. on Tuesday announced the release of two new domestic whisky brands. The Fuji and Riku whiskies will be the first additions to the Kirin Holdings Co. unit's lineup of the liquor in some 15 years. The move follows widespread supply shortages of domestic ...
The newest bottle in the vaunted lineup of premium Japanese whiskies is more than 55 years old. The nation's oldest distillery will release Yamazaki 55 this summer, with a supply so limited that owner Suntory Holdings Ltd. will release only 100 bottles — priced at ...
'The Complete Guide to Japanese Drinks': A compendium of Japan's alcohol traditions
Stephen Lyman and Chris Bunting's "The Complete Guide to Japanese Drinks" is a beautiful, carefully put together coffee-table book full of insights, anecdotes and thirst-inducing pictures of Japan's various alcohols.
Craft distilleries making their mark amid Japanese whisky boom
A sweet aroma wafted through the air as unblended malt whisky gushed from a storage cask at Hokkaido's Akkeshi Distillery in the freezing rural north of Japan in December. The distillery, located in the village of Akkeshi in eastern Hokkaido, is just one of a ...
Two arrested for selling fake whisky on flea market app Mercari
Police arrested two men Tuesday for allegedly selling fakes of Suntory Spirits's limited-edition 30-year-old Hibiki whisky via a flea market app. The men, who both work at an antique shop, are suspected of infringing upon the trademark of Suntory Holdings, the parent company of Suntory ...
A tour of the Kirin Fuji Gotemba Distillery answers a whisky lover's curiosity
Nestled at the base of Mount Fuji, the Kirin Fuji Gotemba Distillery offers free tours sure to interest the whisky novice and expert alike.
'Japanese Whisky' puts the ambrosial spirit in its place
In his new book, Brian Ashcraft explores the phenomenal success of Japanese whisky and what has led it to becoming the world's most desirable spirit.
Yamanashi Prefecture is a paradise for connoisseurs of wine, craft beer and whisky
Long renowned as an agricultural hub rife with orchards and pristine water sources, a group of viticulturists, distillers and brewers are quietly developing Yamanashi into a hub of Japanese wine, whisky and beer production. Just a short trek from the bustling downtown area of central ...
Hokuriku's sole whisky distillery gets face-lift via crowdfunding as it seeks to woo tourists
A sake brewery with over a century of history has turned to crowdsourcing to help revamp its whisky distillery — the only one in the Hokuriku region near the Sea of Japan — and show it to more tourists. Wakatsuru Shuzo in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, ...
Japanese whisky at ¥100,000 a bottle driving rice farmers to the drink
Japan's burgeoning whisky business is driving rice farmer Hiroshi Tsubouchi to hit the booze. With domestic rice consumption sliding, Tsubouchi, 36, says he is getting on the whisky bandwagon — or, at least, switching to the barley used to make it. With Japanese whiskies ranking ...
A tipple that's close to my heart — and life
I moved to Kurohime in northern Nagano Prefecture in 1980, and three years later I bought some land here and built the first house I had ever personally owned. That was made possible by the Nikka Whisky Distilling Co., for whom I did my ...
