Fuji Gotemba distillery

35°20′11.86″N 138°53′48.26″E / 35.3366278°N 138.8967389°E / 35.3366278; 138.8967389OwnerKirin Distillery CompanyFounded1972 (1972)StatusActiveWater sourceMount FujiNo. of stills4 pot stillsWebsiteFuji-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

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.