Fuji

The Mount Fuji Distillery, founded in 1972 by the Kirin group in the city of Gotemba, is located, as its name suggests, at the foot of the famous Mount Fuji, one of the most well-known emblem of Japan. While the distillery has historical knowledge in grain whiskies, it produces a wide variety of Japanese whiskies that all pay homage to the Fujisan.

The distillery is located at 610 meters above sea level, in a natural environment. The distillery has springs where the pure water has been filtered through layers of volcanic rocks for decades. At this altitude, the climate is rather cool with an average temperature of 13°C, and the high humidity throughout the year is ideal for maturing the whiskies.

The distillery is equipped with traditional and column stills that allow for a range of single malt styles and three distinct styles of grain whisky: light, medium and strong. A part from limited edition, all of the distillery's whiskies are aged exclusively in American oak barrels, the famous Bourbon barrels (mostly from the american sister distillery of Four Roses, also owned by Kirin Group).

According to Master Blender Jota Tanaka, the distillery aims to produce a typically Japanese whisky, with a smooth texture, rich and fruity aromas with sweet notes, using modern equipment and technology and the best know-how from Scotland, as well as the United States and Canada.