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Yoichi 余市蒸溜所
| Prefecture | Hokkaido |
|---|---|
| Municipality | Yoichi |
| Distilling began | 1934 |
| Operator | Nikka |
| Status | Operating |
| Coordinates | 43.1875° N, 140.79167° E |
| Official website | www.nikka.com/distilleries/yoichi |
Visiting: distillery tours, shop hours and booking rules change frequently, and popular distilleries can book out within minutes of reservations opening. This guide does not state fixed tour details — check the current arrangements on the official website before planning a trip. Official website.
Yoichi (余市蒸溜所) is a whisky distillery in Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan. It is operated by Nikka. Whisky distilling here began in 1934.
This page brings together the verified public facts about the distillery — location, operator and history in brief — with a link to the official website. A fuller encyclopedia article is not yet available in English for this distillery; the page will be expanded as sources allow.
Yoichi distillery (Japanese: 余市蒸溜所, Hepburn: Yoichi jōryūsho) is a Japanese whisky distillery. It is located at Yoichi, (余市町, Yoichi-chō) a town in the Yoichi District, Shiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan.
The distillery is owned by Nikka Whisky Distilling, and was opened in 1934. It is the older of the two distilleries owned by Nikka Whisky, the other being the company’s Miyagikyo distillery near Sendai.
Text adapted from the English Wikipedia article Yoichi distillery by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Distillery list and basic facts from the English Wikipedia article Japanese whisky (CC BY-SA 4.0). Location and registry facts from Wikidata (CC0).