Category: News
Japanese whisky news, reported from Japanese-language primary sources.
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Mars Komagatake single malt gets a 200ml bottle
Honbo Shuzo adds a 200ml format to Single Malt Komagatake from mid-September 2026, at about 2,750 yen. The whisky is…
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Hinokami distillery ties silent tastings to aroma research
Satsuma Shuzo says a study with a Tokyo institute found quiet rooms sharpen whisky aroma identification. Hinokami now uses it…
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Nagahama releases four-cask single malt, The Ninth Batch
Nagahama (長浜), Japan’s smallest whisky distillery, will release Single Malt Nagahama The Ninth Batch on September 15, 2026: 5,700 bottles…
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Yuza distillery releases lower-priced Special Blend
Yuza, Yamagata’s only whisky distillery, released Special Blend on October 1, 2026 at 4,950 yen. What it means, and how…
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Kirishima Yokogawa distillery releases first single malt
Kirishima Yokogawa Distillery, a 75-year Kagoshima shochu maker, releases its first single malt, Kirishima 531, on August 30, 2026.
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Nagano’s Komoro distillery releases first single malt
Komoro Distillery in Nagano will release KOMORO ORIGIN, its first single malt, on November 7 with a nine-day festival honoring…
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Whisky Festival 2026 in Tokyo adds Kavalan chairman talk
Whisky Festival 2026 in Tokyo runs November 6-7 with 124 exhibitors, and its opening night includes a talk with Kavalan…
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Yamaga distillery releases 2026 non-peated single malt
Yamaga 2026 Edition: a 55% non-peated single malt, 8,500 bottles at 11,000 yen, sold only in Japan. Specs, context and…
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Shizuoka distillery releases new Japanese-barley whisky
Gaiaflow’s Shizuoka Distillery releases the 2026 Pot Still W, a 100% Japanese-barley single malt from its wood-fired still, after a…
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Ontake distillery launches ‘Kakejiku’ single cask series
Kagoshima’s Ontake distillery supplied a 582-bottle, 58% first-fill Oloroso sherry single cask for The Plinius’s new Kakejiku label series.
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Ise Distillery opens tasting shop by Ise Grand Shrine
Ise-Man has opened a paid tasting shop for its whisky and craft gin inside a sake brewery steps from Ise…
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First new Yoichi distillery in 90 years holds cask tour
Yoichi Sawamachi Whisky, the first new distillery in Yoichi in 90 years, hosts a members-only cask tour on September 20…