Shinshu Mars Distillery
Shinshu Mars distillery (Japanese: 信州マルス蒸留所, Hepburn: Shinshu Mars jōryūsho) is a Japanese whisky distillery. Founded in 1985, and mothballed from 1992 to 2011, it is owned by Hombo Shuzo Co., Ltd., a Japanese "shōchū" maker based in Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.
The distillery is located at Miyada (宮田村, Miyada-mura), a village in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. At around 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level, it is Japan's highest whisky distillery.
References
Notes
- ^ WHISKY Magazine Japan 2012.
- ^ WHISKY Magazine Japan 2013.
- ^ "Mars Shinshu". Tokiwa Imports. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ "Mars Shinshu distillery". Skurnik. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
Bibliography
- "本坊酒造 信州マルス蒸留所" [Honbo Sake Brewery Shinshu Mars Distillery]. WHISKY Magazine Japan (in Japanese). WHISKY Magazine Japan. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- "Hombo Mars Distillery". WHISKY Magazine Japan. WHISKY Magazine Japan. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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