Chugoku Jozo (Togouchi) Distillery

Bottling company for Togouchi Blended Whisky. Chugoku Jozo was founded near the city of Hiroshima. The Distillery produces since 1918 fruit liqueurs, sake and shochu under the brands Dharma and Songshan, a long aged shochu. In 1990 Chugoku Jozo started blending whiskeys under the brand Togouchi. Chugoku Jozo Distillery does not distill whisky but imports it already distilled, directly from Scotland for malt whisky and from Canada for grain whisky. Only the operations of aging and blending are performed by Chugoku Jozo master blenders.

Author: Caroline Porsiel