Karuizawa distillery

Karuizawa Distillery
The former distillery building, 2011
The former distillery building, 2011
Region: Japan
LocationMaseguchi 1795-2, Miyota-machi, Kita-Sakugun, Nagano Prefecture
Coordinates36°19′22″N 138°30′24″E / 36.32278°N 138.50667°E / 36.32278; 138.50667
OwnerMercian Corporation
Founded1955 (1955)
StatusClosed
No. of stills4 pot stills
Mothballed2000

Karuizawa Distillery (軽井沢蒸溜所, Karuizawa jōryūsho) was a Japanese whisky distillery. It was located at Miyota, a town on the southern slopes of an active complex volcano, Mount Asama, in Kitasaku District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

New Karuizawa Whisky, Karuizawa Whisky Co., Ltd.[3] goes into operation in 2022 in Karuizawa, the birthplace of Japan’s first single malt whisky.

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  3. ^ "軽井沢ウイスキー株式会社 | Karuizawa Whisky | 軽井沢町". Karuizawa Whisky (in Japanese). Retrieved 20 March 2024.