Nikka Tsuru, Japanese for Crane, is a blended whisky containing Yoichi and Miyagikyo. The ‘Father of Japanese Whisky’ Masataka Taketsuru died in 1979 having changed the industry indelibly. One of the very last expressions he personally worked on was the Tsuru 17 year old blend which itself was replaced by this NAS version around 2016.

Content 700ml - volume 43%

This decanter was released in 2010 in honor of the 50th anniversary of Video Promotions Inc., containing a blend of 20 year old Chita Grain Whisky and 50 year (!) old Yamazaki, distilled in 1960.

Content 600ml -volume 43%

This decanter was released in 1990 in honor of the inauguration of Keizo Saij as Chairman of the Board. Suntory filled these decanters with their award winning Hibiki blend, consisting 30 whiskies of which the youngest was at least 17 years old.

Content 700ml - volume 43%

Suntory President's Choice was selected and blended by Keizo Saji, born in Osaka in 1919 as the second son of Shinjiro Torii, founder of Kotobukiya. He became president of Kotobukiya in 1961, and officially renamed it to Suntory Limited in 1963, paying tribute to the success of Suntory Whisky a.k.a. Kakubin.

This decanter was released to commemorate the two excellent volumes of haiku which where published by Keizo Saji.

Content 720ml - volume 43%

Asaka Yamazakura The First Peated is a 2020 limited release of 2000 bottles.

Content 700ml -volume 50%

Yamazakura Merlot Wine Cask Finish is a 2019 limited edition release for Japanese Mitsukoshi Isetan department store.

This whisky was distilled at the old Yamazakura distillery which closed in 1998 after being merged into Sasanokowa.

Content 700ml - volume 46%

This Yamazakura Port Wine Cask Finish was released in 2019 for Mitsukoshi Isetan, blended from stocks distilled at the old Yamazakura distillery which closed in 1998 after being merged into Sasanokowa.

Content 700ml - volume 46%

The Hakushu distillery is owned by the Suntory group, and situated in the Toribara locality of the former town of Hakushu, in the Yamanashi Prefecture, Chubu region, Japan.

This is a special one containing 12 year old Hakushu, bottled in 1995 in a Aritayaki Arabesque decanter with the Kanji character 寿 imprinted. This stands for the mythological creature kotobuki, a hybrid chimera consisting of parts of all the animals found in the Chinese zodiac.

Content 600ml - volume 43%

Matsui Shuzo Kurayoshi 21 years old Pure Malt.

Content 700ml - volume 48%

Yamazakura 9 years old Pure Malt Cask Strenght, distilled prior to 1998. This is a blend of two malt whiskies, one aged in Sherry Casks for 9 years which has been blended with a 15-year old whisky.

Content 700ml - volume 56%

Yamazakura 10 years old Pure Malt is a blend of two malt whiskies, one aged in Bourbon for 10 years, the other in Bourbon for 9 years and in New American Oak for one more year. Finished in Mizunara Wood, bottled in 2017.

This whisky was distilled at the old Yamazakura distillery which closed in 1998 after being merged into Sasanokowa.

Content 700ml - volume 59%

Shizuoka Ghost Series #20, this non-peated whisky was distilled in December 2019 and aged in single ex-Bourbon cask #1809. It was bottled at cask strength in January 2023 and limited to just 224 bottles.

Content 70cl - volume 61.9%

Matsui Kurayoshi 25 years old pure malt.

Content 700ml - volume 46%

This Asaka Yamazakura, distilled in 2017, is a limited release of 475 bottles for the 2022 Chichibu Whisky Festival. Aged for 5 years on a combination of Bourbon Casks #17128 and 17130.

Content 700ml - volume 62%

This Yamazakura Pure Malt 15 years old was released in Spring 2015, one of 2400 bottles.

The whisky was distilled at the old Yamazakura distillery which closed in 1998 after being merged into Sasanokowa.

Content 700ml - volume 43%

This Suntory Yamazaki Pure Malt has been bottled in a decanter styled as a Tsuzumi Drum. Released in 1982 as part of the Suntory Instruments Collection.

Content 600ml - volume 43%

Asaka Yamazakura The First is a 2019 limited release of 1500 bottles.

Content 700ml - volume 50%

Nikka Yoichi Genshu 5 years Single Cask #407618, bottled at cask strength, only available at the distillery.

Content 500ml - volume 63%

Nikka Yoichi 10 years Genshu (cask strength) Single Cask #407468 is a distillery-exclusive release which was only available for visitors from the distillery shop.

Content 500ml - volume 59%

Nikka Fruity & Rich 12 years old Single Cask #330186, only available at the distillery.

Content 500ml - volume 60%