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Japanese Whisky History (1960s-90): Keizo Saji, single malt pioneer

Hanyu

Hakushu

Hibiki 17 years - "pollen laden"

Hakushu 12 years - "peppery"

Ichiro's Malt 15 years - "Tom Cruise not Alec Guinness"

Shopping info: The Ginza stores, Tokyo

And on the 14th day he rested...

Ichiro's Malt Three of Diamonds - "butterscotch"

Ichiro's Choice Peated Golden Promise - "gas leak"

Karuizawa

Ichiro's Malt Two of Clubs - "boiled sweets"

Bar info: Bar Argyll, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Ichiro`s Malt Single Cask 2000 - "flavour bomb"

Yamazaki 12 - "Intimately Beckham"

Yamazaki

Yoichi (no age) - Cheapest single malt in the world?

Miyagikyou

Miyagikyou 10 - "certainly not the shy kid she seemed"

Yoichi 10 - "he had a bus to catch and left early"

Yoichi