Fuji Gotemba distillery

Fuji Gotemba distillery

Region: Japan
Location	Shibanuta 970 Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, 412-0003 Japan
Coordinates	35°20′11.86″N 138°53′48.26″E
Owner	Kirin Distillery Company
Founded	1972 (1972)
Status	Active
Water source	Mount Fuji
No. of stills	4 pot stills
Website	Fuji-Gotemba distillery (in Japanese)

Fuji Gotemba distillery (Japanese: 富士御殿場蒸溜所, Hepburn: Fuji Gotenba jōryūsho, sometimes Fuji-Gotemba distillery) is a Japanese whisky distillery owned by the Kirin group.

The distillery is situated in the city of Gotemba (御殿場市, Gotenba-shi, sometimes Gotenba), on the southeastern flank of Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture, Chūbu region, Japan. It is 620 m (2,030 ft) above sea level, and its water source is Mount Fuji. It was established in 1972 by Kirin Seagram Ltd, now the Kirin Distillery Company.[1]

Gotemba was selected as the site for the distillery because it was felt to have the climate most similar to Scotland: the city is much cooler and less humid (especially in summer) than other areas of Japan, with an average annual temperature of around 13°C.[1][2]

References

1. "Fuji Gotemba". japanese-whisky.com. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
2. "Fuji-Gotemba". Whisky for Everyone website]. Whisky for Everyone. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

External links

• Fuji-Gotemba distillery – official site (in Japanese)
• Fuji Gotemba whisky products – official site (in Japanese)

This article is based upon a translation of the French language version as at May 2014.