SCYFOOD > Japanese Whisky Karuizawa 1981 Single Cask 35 Year Old #7413 Contact Customer Service ENQUIRY Karuizawa distillery 軽井沢蒸溜所 was a Japanese whisky distillery. It was located at Miyota, a town on the southern slopes of an active complex volcano, Mount Asama, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1955, the distillery began production in 1956. It was owned by Mercian Corporation and was the smallest in Japan. It was mothballed in 2000, and closed in 2011, The remaining whiskey stock from the distillery was purchased and re-branded, then released as a series of luxury whiskies. This beautifully presented whisky was distilled in 1981 and laid to rest in single ex-Sherry cask #7413 for 35 years before being bottled in 2016. 70cl/56,6%