Saburomaru Distillery, Part 1: The Edison of Japanese Whisky
Hiroshima to Toyama, and a distillery I'd wanted to see for years. Meeting T...
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The Lucky Cat “Solla”｜Why They Chose a Chestnut Cask
The cats on these labels are real, and they belong to the company pr...
Masataka Taketsuru: The Hiroshima Man Who Built Yamazaki, and Then Nikka
Yamazaki, recognised worldwide ── three years running at the summit 2...
Hiroshima’s first whiskey bar guide
Your First Whisky Bar in Hiroshima — A Friendly Guide If you've ever tho...
Sakurao Spanish Oak｜Stillman’s Selection, Malt Bars Only
Championing a distillery from my own city A new release from Sakurao, her...
Drinking Alone in Hiroshima: What Makes a Bar Feel Safe
Going to a bar alone in Hiroshima.For a lot of people, that's a small hu...
SOGAINI: Hiroshima Dialect in a Bottle, and Japanese Whisky for Every Day
News from Sakurao, here at home A new whisky is coming out of S...
Ichiro’s Malt 20th Anniversary｜What’s Actually in the Bottle
On the Ichiro's Malt 20th Anniversary bottle: what's in it, the thinking be...
Nineteen Years Behind a Bar｜Three Essays on Running It Alone
How this place came to take the shape it has.Nineteen years of wavering...
[Part 2] Letting Go of Growth｜Seventeen Years Trying to Build a Company
—— Holding an ideal, carrying it, and finally letting it go —— I run...