Japanese Whisky Turns 100 as Craft Distilleries Transform Industry

By Rocky Swift and Chris Gallagher

SHIZUOKA CITY, Japan (Reuters) – In a still sustained by cedar from close-by woodlands, Shizuoka Distillery, a leader in Japan’s new age of independent whisky manufacturers, crafts its spirits to use rising international need.

This year notes the 100 year wedding anniversary of whisky production in Japan considering that the starting of market leader Suntory’s initial distillery in Yamazaki in 1923.

And at the century mark, there are currently greater than 100 accredited distilleries in the nation – two times as much as ten years ago – with every one contending to make its mark in a swiftly increasing market.

The cedar fire – which Shizuoka cases is the globe’s only timber sustained blaze under a whisky still – is among a number of uniqueness these distilleries are utilizing to establish themselves apart.

And despite the fact that their organizations are little contrasted to beverages titans like Suntory, their aspirations are first-rate.

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