Three years ago, I visited Kyoto, Japan and went to this proud country’s first commercial distillery (it opened in 1923), the now renowned Yamazaki Distillery. I wrote briefly about the history of the ...

The Hakushu by Suntory is one of the most well known Japanese whiskies in the world. The Hakushu 25 Year Old was named the world’s best single malt in 2020 and the Hakushu 12 Year made headlines in ...

Suntory’s Hakushu is one of the company’s best-loved whiskies. Produced at Suntory’s Hakushu distillery in the forests at the foot of Mt Kaikomagatake in Japan’s southern alps, Suntory describes the ...

Over the past decade, Japanese whisky sales have skyrocketed, with the spirit becoming so sought after globally that some famous brands have become incredibly hard to find. One of those hard-to-find ...

When it comes to the world of Japanese whisky, two things are largely true: They are beloved by the world whiskey cognoscenti, but still largely a mystery to the bourbon-chugging rank and file. Even ...

Tsukuriwake means “artisanship through a diversity of making,” according to the company, and the whisky is supposed to reflect that through the various production methods used to produce it. “While ...

A few hours west of Tokyo, tucked into the undulating folds of the Japanese Alps, sits Suntory’s Hakushu whisky distillery. Here, at 2,200 feet above sea level, ensconced in acres of alpine forest and ...

Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. When Shinjiro Torii began building Japan's first whiskey distillery, ...

Masataka Taketsuru distilled the first Japanese whisky in 1923 for Shinjiro Torii, Suntory's founder, but it took over 65 years to reach the United States, then another quarter century before anyone ...