Japanese Whiskey

Suntory is Japan's pioneering whisky house, founded in 1899 by Shinjiro Torii in Osaka. The company built its reputation through decades of craftsm...

Takamine Whiskey is named for Dr. Jokichi Takamine, a Japanese chemist who first applied koji fermentation to whiskey production in Peoria, Illinoi...

Nikka was founded in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru, the man widely credited as the father of Japanese whisky after studying distillation in Scotland i...

Nikka traces its roots to 1934, when founder Masataka Taketsuru established the company after years spent studying distillation in Scotland, determ...

Masataka Taketsuru founded Nikka in 1934 after training in Scotland and helping build Japan's first whisky distillery at Yamazaki. He went on to es...

Hibiki comes from Suntory, Japan's pioneering whisky house founded in 1899 by Shinjiro Torii. Since 1989, the Hibiki name has represented the pinna...

Masataka Taketsuru built the Yoichi distillery in 1934 as Nikka's first, choosing the Hokkaido coastal town for its resemblance to the Scottish lan...

Named for Nikka's founder, Masataka Taketsuru traveled to Scotland in 1918 to study whisky production and returned to Japan determined to build an ...

Eigashima Shuzo runs the White Oak distillery on the shores of the Seto Inland Sea in Hyogo Prefecture, just west of Kobe. Founded as a sake and sh...

Tsutsumi Shuzo has been distilling shochu in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture for nearly 150 years, based in the Hitoyoshi Basin along the Kuma River in...

Hikari Shuzo began as a sake brewer on Kyushu Island in the early twentieth century before pivoting to shochu production in 1912. Today the distill...

Hakata Whisky comes from the Hikari Distillery in Fukuoka, Japan, a producer founded in 1912 with deep roots in traditional Japanese fermentation. ...

Fukano Distillery was founded in 1823 in Hitoyoshi City, deep in the mountains of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, a region prized for ...

Mars Whisky operates under the Hombo family, distillers in Japan for more than a century, who added whisky to their portfolio in 1949. In 1984 the ...

Takamine Whiskey honors Dr. Jokichi Takamine, a Japanese chemist who first applied koji fermentation to whiskey in Peoria, Illinois, back in 1891. ...

Takamine Whiskey is named for Dr. Jokichi Takamine, the Japanese chemist who first developed koji fermentation for whiskey production in Peoria, Il...

The Hikari Distillery has been at work in Fukuoka since 1912, situated on Kyushu Island in Japan's premier region for barley shochu production. Roo...

Matsui Shuzo has been producing traditional Japanese spirits since 1910, based in the town of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture, facing the Sea of Ja...

Mars Whisky traces back to the Hombo family, distillers in Japan for over a century who added whisky production to their portfolio in 1949. The Mar...

The Shinozaki family brings generations of expertise in sake making and koji fermentation to their distillery in Fukuoka, where they began producin...

Mars Shinshu operates under the Hombo family, distillers in Japan for more than a century who added whisky to their lineup in 1949. In 1984 they re...

Matsui Shuzo has been producing traditional Japanese spirits since 1910, based in the town of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture near Mount Daisen. Th...

Matsui Shuzo has been producing Japanese spirits since 1910 from the town of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture, drawing water from the springs of nea...