Japanese Whisky
The Complete Guide to All 118 Distilleries
- AuthorAki Wakamatsu
- PublisherTakikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC
- CategoryJapan Guides & Culture
- LanguageEnglish
- ISBN1990000143311
- FormatEPUB ebook
About this book
Japan now has more than a hundred whisky distilleries — and almost no book in English covers them all. This guide does: 118 distilleries, every one checked against public sources.
From Yamazaki, where Japanese whisky began in 1923, to Chichibu and Akkeshi, to sake breweries in Yamagata, shochu houses in Kagoshima, a converted school gym in Takayama and a container-built plant above the Niyodo river — every entry follows the same practical pattern: where it is, who runs it, since when, the bottles to look for, whether you can visit, whether there is a distillery-only bottle, and what it costs in Japan.
It also tells you what other guides leave out: which young distilleries are still maturing their first whisky, which famous names are built on sourced spirit, and which announced projects could not be verified. Includes a short history of Japanese whisky, a guide to how distillery visits work, and a glossary.
Written and created in Japan by Japanese author Aki Wakamatsu. Published by Takikawa TOKOTOKO Kids LLC, a Japanese publisher in Hokkaido, Japan. Authentic Japanese content, carefully made in Japan — not mass-produced.
