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Chichibu distillery (Japanese: 秩父蒸溜所, Hepburn: Chichibu jōryūsho) is a Japanese whisky distillery. Founded in 2004 by Ichiro Akuto, and operational from 2008, it was the first new Japanese distillery since 1973. It is located at Chichibu (秩父市, Chichibu-shi), a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

References

Notes

1. Frederick 2014.
2. WHISKY Magazine Japan 2013.

Bibliography

• Buxton, Ian (2012). 101 World Whiskies to Try Before You Die. Edinburgh: Hachette Scotland. pp. 68–69. ISBN 9780755363193.
• Frederick, Jim (February 2014). "Japan's Whisky Rebellion". Roads & Kingdoms. Roads & Kingdoms. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
• Joe, Melinda (8 February 2013). "Whisky distillery plays a winning hand". The Japan Times. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
• McCurry, Justin (29 August 2016). "The tiny distillery making Japan into a whisky superpower". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
• "Chichibu Distillery". WHISKY Magazine Japan. WHISKY Magazine Japan. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2014.

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