Chichibu distillery

Chichibu
Region: Japan
Location	Midorigaoka 49, Chichibu, Saitama, 368-0067
Coordinates	36°2′47.6″N 139°3′15.8″E / 36.046556°N 139.054389°E / 36.046556; 139.054389Coordinates: 36°2′47.6″N 139°3′15.8″E / 36.046556°N 139.054389°E / 36.046556; 139.054389
Owner	Venture Whisky
Founded	2008 (2008)
Founder	Ichiro Akuto
Status	Active
Number of stills	2 pot stills

Chichibu distillery (Japanese: 秩父蒸溜所, Hepburn: Chichibu jōryūsho) is a Japanese whisky distillery. Founded in 2004 by Ichiro Akuto, and operational from 2008, it was the first new Japanese distillery since 1973.^[1] It is located at Chichibu (秩父市, Chichibu-shi), a city in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.^[2]

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Buxton, Ian (2012). 101 World Whiskies to Try Before You Die. Edinburgh: Hachette Scotland. pp. 68–69. ISBN 9780755363193.
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