Brands

Chugoku Jozo

中国醸造

Chugoku Jozo Co., Ltd.

A Hiroshima based company producing Sakurao single malt and Togouchi blended whisky. The Sakurao dis...

Eigashima Shuzo

江井ヶ嶋酒造

Eigashima Shuzo Co., Ltd.

One of Japan's oldest whisky license holders, dating back to 1919, though whisky has traditionally b...

Enso

円相

Enso Japanese Whisky

A blended whisky brand using the Japanese Zen concept of the Enso circle in its marketing. Produced ...

Hatozaki

Kaikyo Distillery Co., Ltd.

Producer of Hatozaki branded whiskies from Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture. Uses both domestic and imported...

Hombo Shuzo (Mars)

本坊酒造

Hombo Shuzo Co., Ltd.

A Kagoshima based spirits company with roots dating to 1872, primarily known as a shochu producer. H...

Kaiyo Whisky

海洋ウイスキー

Kaiyo Whisky Co., Ltd.

Known for mizunara oak aged Japanese whisky with a maritime theme (the name means "ocean" in Japanes...

Kensei

剣聖

Unknown

A budget Japanese whisky brand sold primarily in US markets. Sources and production details are not ...

Kenten (Akkeshi)

堅展実業

Kenten Jitsugyo Co., Ltd.

A Hokkaido based company that opened the Akkeshi Distillery in 2016, explicitly inspired by Islay's ...

Kirin

キリン

Kirin Holdings

Major Japanese beverage conglomerate producing whisky at the Fuji Gotemba Distillery, located at the...

Komasa Jyozo (Kanosuke)

小正醸造

Komasa Jyozo Co., Ltd.

A Kagoshima based shochu maker that pivoted to whisky with the opening of the Kanosuke Distillery in...

Matsui Shuzo

松井酒造

Matsui Shuzo Co., Ltd.

A Tottori based producer that has attracted significant controversy in the Japanese whisky community...

Nagahama Roman Beer

長濱浪漫ビール

Nagahama Roman Beer Co., Ltd.

A craft brewery in Shiga Prefecture that established what claims to be Japan's smallest whisky disti...

Nikka

ニッカ

Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. (Asahi Group)

Founded in 1934 by Masataka Taketsuru, the "Father of Japanese Whisky," who trained at several Scott...

Ohishi Distillery

大石酒造場

Ohishi Shuzo Co., Ltd.

A small, family owned Kumamoto based producer known for unique rice based whisky and shochu. Ohishi ...

Shin

信

Shin Spirits

A brand offering multiple expressions marketed as Japanese whisky that uses imported whisky blended ...

Suntory

サントリー

Suntory Holdings

Japan's pioneering whisky house, founded in 1923 by Shinjiro Torii with the opening of the Yamazaki ...

Suntory Kakubin

サントリー角瓶

Suntory Holdings

The iconic Suntory blended whisky in its distinctive tortoiseshell square bottle, first introduced i...

Tenjaku

天雀

Tenjaku Whisky Co.

A budget brand marketed as Japanese whisky but produced using a blend of imported Scotch malt and do...

Venture Whisky

ベンチャーウイスキー

Venture Whisky Ltd.

Founded in 2004 by Ichiro Akuto, who famously saved his family's remaining whisky barrels from Hanyu...

White Oak Tokinoka

ときのか

Eigashima Shuzo Co., Ltd.

A blended whisky brand from Eigashima Shuzo, the makers of Akashi whisky. Tokinoka is a blend of mal...

Yoshino Spirits

Yoshino Spirits Co., Ltd.

Producer of Kamiki blended malt whisky, which uses Japanese cedar (yoshino sugi) cask finishing as i...