The Whisky Exchange ‘Chichibu: Japanese whisky pioneers’ – Japanese Whisky News
October 12th, 2026

Trailblazers with the medals to back it
While Japanese whisky has very much been in the ascendancy, there are a few names that really stand out amongst the crowd. And Chichibu is one of them. Although Ichiro Akuto only founded it in 2008, there are nearly 400 years of sake brewing history in his family.















