Address: Kitahamamachi Chita Aichi Prefecture 478-0046 Japan
The Chita Distillery is owned by Suntory and mainly producing for the Japanese Market. It is part of the “Sungrain” division of the Suntory group and sometimes nicknamed “The Silent Distillery” as unlike other Suntory distilleries it is generally not open to visitors. Some Suntory blends such as Hibiki have its origin here. However a small part is bottled as Read more...
Address: Miyada Miyada-mura Nagano-ken 399-4301 Japan
The Shinshu (or Mars Shinshu) Distillery was founded by Hombo Shuzo Co. Ltd in 1985. The distillery was temporarily ceased operation between 1992-2011. In addition to the manufacture of whiskey in the Mars Shinshu distillery, you can also visit the production of Nagano Prefecture of local beer at Komagatake brewery nearbei. Read more...
Address: 919 Ōkubochō Nishijima Akashi Hyogo Prefecture 674-0065 Japan
The White Oak Distillery is located in Akashi City and is primarily producing sake and shochu, though it is Japan’s oldest whiskey distillery. Though, they only produce whiskey two month a year. Read more...
Address: 970 Shibanta Gotenba-shi Shizuoka-ken 412-0003 Japan
The Fuji Gotemba Distillery is located at the foot of mount Fuji. Its elevation ensures that the distilleries temperatures range very similar to Scottish distilleries throughout the year. The distillery belongs to the Kirin Distilling group and was founded in the 1970th. The distillery was originally called the Gotemba Distillery and later changed to Fuji-Gotemba when it came under the Read more...