Shop info: Shinanoya, Roppongi
Update 6.5.2011: Please see the comments. This branch may have moved.
A word in your shell like ... the Shinanoya store in Roppongi had a few bottles of Plum Liqueur Cask Finish when I looked in there last week. I had heard it was supposed to be distributed only to bars. Perhaps that was just the initial release? Anyway, the price is just short of 10,000 yen. Personally, I think it is a steal but I can't afford it.
The store has a limited but quite interesting Japanese whisky selection. The Shinanoya stores in general are worth popping into if you are looking for the good stuff. Here is a map of their locations. This is the page for the Roppongi store. Here is the Shinanoya website and here is their Rakuten online shop.
I have put the Roppongi store on my map of whisky outlets in Japan and will try to add the others when I have a moment.
Address in Japanese
〒106-0031
東京都港区西麻布3-2-1北辰ビル1Ｆ
TEL：03-6439-4708 FAX：03-6439-4707
Comments
My sense of orientation is really bad, but I checked google streetview on location - that red marquee is gone, there is a shop for leather repairs and an empty shop window for a gallery now.
Please tell me that I am wrong or that they moved to another location...
Samuel
http://www.shinanoya.co.jp/
Does anybody know which ones are worth seeking out, whisky-wise?
They all indicate that they sell 洋酒.
Chris, Nonjatta
So where do you buy your whisky usually? Online? Visiting the destilleries?
I will try the Shinanoya webshop, though they have only half of their Japanese whiskys stocked.