Fuji Gotemba distillery

Fuji Gotemba distillery

Region: Japan
Location	Shibanuta 970 Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, 412-0003 Japan
Coordinates	35°20′11.86″N 138°53′48.26″E
Owner	Kirin Distillery Company
Founded	1972 (1972)
Status	Active
Water source	Mount Fuji
No. of stills	4 pot stills
Website	Fuji-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.

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.

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.