Capacity: 700ml
ALCOHOL BY VOLUME: 59%
LIMITED TO: 1,100 BOTTLES

YAKUSHIMA, A CIRCULAR ISLAND 60 KILOMETERS SOUTH OF KYUSHU, JAPAN, HAS THE HIGHEST ANNUAL RAINFALL IN JAPAN, WHICH HAS ALLOWED THE ISLAND TO BE COVERED WITH MOSS AND THOUSAND-YEAR-OLD CEDAR TREES, MAKING IT THE FIRST PLACE IN JAPAN TO BE LISTED AS A WORLD NATURAL HERITAGE SITE. THE SCENES OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI'S ANIMATION "PRINCESS MONONOKE" WERE INSPIRED BY THIS PLACE.

IN 2014, HONPO SHUZO BECAME INTERESTED IN HOW THE HUMID CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT OF YAKUSHIMA WOULD AFFECT WHISKY, SO THEY BUILT A MATURATION WAREHOUSE ON A SMALL MOUNTAIN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ISLAND AND TRANSPORTED 58 BARRELS OF WHISKY PRODUCED AT THE SHINSHU DISTILLERY TO YAKUSHIMA, WHICH IS 900 KILOMETERS AWAY. MORE THAN THREE YEARS HAVE PASSED, AND HONPO SHUZO IS CONFIDENT THAT THIS BATCH OF WHISKY REFLECTS THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE ISLAND'S FORESTS AND SEA BREEZES. THEREFORE, THEY BOTTLED 5 BARRELS OF WHISKY AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS AND LAUNCHED A LIMITED EDITION OF 1,100 BOTTLES TO GAUGE MARKET REACTIONS. (THE GREEN PART ON THE LABEL IS THE SHAPE OF YAKUSHIMA... IT'S REALLY ROUND...)

ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION, THIS WINE HAS A STRONG WOODY FLAVOR, THE SWEET AROMA OF CINNAMON, AND A SENSE OF SEA BREEZE.