About this bottle
This special release was bottled for the “52 Seats of Happiness” in 2020, a Japanese tourist train that operates between Seibu Shinjuku and Ikebukuro in Tokyo and Seibu Chichibu and Hon-Kawagoe in Saitama Prefecture. A limited edition of 400 bottles.
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CHICHIBU 2020 SINGLE CASK - 52 SEATS OF HAPPINESS
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Ended 2nd April 2024 · MARCH AUCTION 2024 · 65 bids
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Specification
- Lot number
- 670687
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- Japan
- Size
- 70cl
- Type
- Japanese Single Malt Whisky
- Number of Bottles
- 1
- Strength (%)
- 62.9%
- Distillery
- Chichibu
- Distillery Status
- Operational
About the distillery
Chichibu is a Japanese whisky distillery. Founded in 2004 by Ichiro Akuto, and operational from 2008, it was the first new Japanese distillery since 1973. It is located at Chichibu a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
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