Yamazaki Distillery (Suntory Spirits)

Suntory founder Shinjiro Torii decided to make whisky with a passionate desire to make Japanese whisky that met the delicate taste of the Japanese, and Yamazaki Distillery was born in 1923 as the first whisky distillery in Japan.

In the construction of Yamazaki Distillery, Masataka Taketsuru, who studied whisky production in Scotland, the home of Scotch whisky, was invited to be appointed director of Yamazaki Distillery. Yamazaki, southwest of Kyoto, at the foot of Mt. Tenno. Sticking to the “high-quality water” and “natural environment” that are important in whisky making, this place of Yamazaki was chosen from among the many candidate sites.

Yamazaki Distillery at the time of operation

In the distillation room of Yamazaki Distillery, distilleries of different sizes and shapes are lined

up opposite each other. Distilleries with so many different types of distilleries are rare in the world. Distilleries of different sizes and shapes have different characteristics of each original sake, and they create a wide variety of original sake, from light to profound.