Shinshu Mars distillery

Japanese whisky distillery

35°44′51.4″N 137°54′04.1″E / 35.747611°N 137.901139°E / 35.747611; 137.901139OwnerHombo Shuzo Co., Ltd. [ja]Founded1985 (1985)StatusActiveNo. of stills2 pot stillsMothballed1992–2011WebsiteWebsite (in Japanese)

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. [ja], a Japanese "shōchū" maker based in Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.^[1]^[2]

The distillery is located at Miyada (宮田村, Miyada-mura), a village in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.^[1]^[2] At around 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level,^[2] it is Japan’s highest whisky distillery.^[3]^[4]

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Notes

^ ^a ^b WHISKY Magazine Japan 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.