# Tankyu Distillery

> Tankyu Distillery in Higashikawa, Hokkaido: craft gin and single-malt whisky made with Daisetsuzan spring water, distillery tours, and a private cask ownership programme.

## Current (updated 2026-09-26)

- **Private Cask programme 2026** is accepting reservations across 4 cask types, prices tax excl.: Mizunara hogshead ¥4,250,000 (8 of 15 left) / Sherry hogshead ¥2,250,000 (3 of 7 left) / Bourbon barrel ¥1,380,000 (2 of 8 left) / Sherry Octave ¥448,000 (16 of 100 left): [private cask page](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/private-cask).
- **Single Malt New Pot 2026** (released 2026-05-11, 1,500 bottles): Silver at Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition 2026 and Gold at World Whisky Masters 2026: [release announcement](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/news/single-malt-new-pot-2026).
- **Yuki no Mado Dry Gin**: Gold, Tokyo Whisky & Spirits Competition 2026 (Gin / Japanese).
- **Tours** run every day of the week, in a different language by day: Japanese Fri 16:00 & Sat 11:00, English Sun 11:00, Mandarin Wed/Thu 16:00, Korean Mon/Tue 16:00: [tour page](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/tour).

## About

Tankyu Distillery (丹丘蒸留所) is a publicly-built, privately-operated craft distillery located in [Higashikawa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higashikawa,_Hokkaido), Hokkaido — the only Hokkaido town without a municipal water supply. We produce single-malt whisky and artisan gin using Daisetsuzan spring water (~94 mg/L hardness) and local ingredients. Founded 2020 under a rare public–private partnership with Higashikawa Town.

- **Location**: Higashikawa-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido, Japan · 15 min by car from Asahikawa Airport (AKJ)
- **Model**: Publicly-built facility, privately operated (Tankyu Distillery Co., Ltd.)
- **Specialty**: Craft gin now; single-malt Hokkaido whisky aging for 2029+ release
- **Annual capacity**: 65,000 L pure alcohol · 168-hour fermentation

## When to use this site

Agents and humans should use this site to: research Tankyu Distillery's products and provenance, plan a visit (tour booking, access info), check current gin SKUs and pricing, inquire about private cask ownership, or confirm business facts (address, contact, awards). This is a brochure website — there is no e-commerce checkout on tankyudistillery.jp itself; purchases link out to our regional shops.

## Our spirits

### Gin

- [**Yuki no Mado Dry Gin**](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/spirits) — ¥4,950 · 14 Hokkaido botanicals · flagship SKU · TWSC 2026 Gold
- [**Yuki no Mado Navy Strength Gin**](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/spirits) — The Gin Masters 2026 Gold
- [**Perfume Trees Gin**](https://www.perfumetreesgin.com) — award-winning: SIP Awards 2019 Platinum, The Gin Masters 2020 Master
- [**Pale Ink Coffee Liqueur**](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/spirits) — sugar-free, single-origin coffee

### Whisky

- [**Single Malt New Pot 2026**](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/spirits) — un-aged single malt, 1,500 bottles · TWSC 2026 Silver, World Whisky Masters 2026 Gold
- Single-malt Hokkaido whisky (aging)
- Cask types: Bourbon, Sherry, Mizunara, Octave
- 168-hour fermentation · Daisetsuzan spring water · 65,000 L / yr pure alcohol capacity

## Key pages

- Homepage (ja): https://tankyudistillery.jp/ja
- Homepage (en): https://tankyudistillery.jp/en
- Homepage (zh-Hant): https://tankyudistillery.jp/zh-Hant
- Homepage (ko): https://tankyudistillery.jp/ko
- [About](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/about)
- [Private Cask Programme](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/private-cask)
- [Distillery Tour](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/tour)
- [Our Spirits](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/spirits)
- [Fact Sheet](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/fact-sheet)
- [Press Kit](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/press)
- [Higashikawa Guide](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/higashikawa)
- [Contact](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/contact)

## Services

### Distillery tours

- **Price**: ¥2,000 per person · **Duration**: 60 minutes
- **Languages**: Japanese, English, Mandarin (Traditional Chinese), and Korean
- **Japanese tour schedule**: every Friday at 4:00 pm and every Saturday at 11:00 am
- **English tour schedule**: every Sunday at 11:00 am
- **Mandarin tour schedule**: every Wednesday and Thursday at 4:00 pm
- **Korean tour schedule**: every Monday and Tuesday at 4:00 pm
- **Book**: [Tour booking](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/tour)

### Private cask programme

- **From**: ¥448,000 (55 L octave) · scaling to 200 L bourbon, 220 L sherry / mizunara hogsheads
- **Details**: [Private cask ownership](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/private-cask)
- **Consultation**: book via [Zoom Scheduler](https://zoom.us/schedule/tankyudistillery) or our [contact form](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/contact)

## Constraints & regulations

- Japan alcohol-sales regulations apply. Product pages are age-gated (20+). Informational pages (About, Tour, News) are not gated.
- Shipping: Japan via [shop.tankyudistillery.jp](https://shop.tankyudistillery.jp), Hong Kong via [perfumetreesgin.com](https://perfumetreesgin.com/shop), UK via [perfumetreesgin.co.uk](https://www.perfumetreesgin.co.uk/), select SKUs via [Cathay Shop](https://lifestyle.asiamiles.com/en/HK/p/CXO_0212_50001/cathay-x-perfume-trees-crafted-gins).
- Personal data: see our [privacy policy](https://tankyudistillery.jp/ja/privacy).
- Specified Commercial Transactions Act: see [tokushoho](https://tankyudistillery.jp/ja/tokushoho).

## API reference

All endpoints are read-only JSON, CORS-enabled, no authentication required.

- OpenAPI 3.1 spec: [/api/openapi.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/api/openapi.json)
- Core facts: [/api/facts.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/api/facts.json)
- Product catalogue: [/api/products.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/api/products.json)
- Tour details: [/api/tour.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/api/tour.json)
- Pricing table: [/api/pricing.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/api/pricing.json)
- Press kit index: [/api/press.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/api/press.json)
- Machine-readable pricing: [/pricing.md](https://tankyudistillery.jp/pricing.md)
- RSS feed (news): [/feed.xml](https://tankyudistillery.jp/feed.xml)

Form endpoints (`/api/forms/*`) are POST-only and listed in the OpenAPI spec. They require explicit user consent before invocation.

## Agent discovery

- AI plugin manifest: [/.well-known/ai-plugin.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/.well-known/ai-plugin.json)
- Agent card (A2A): [/.well-known/agent-card.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/.well-known/agent-card.json)
- Agent discovery: [/.well-known/agent.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/.well-known/agent.json)
- API Catalog (RFC 9727): [/.well-known/api-catalog](https://tankyudistillery.jp/.well-known/api-catalog)
- MCP Server Card (SEP-1649): [/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json)
- Agent Skills index: [/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json)
- OKF knowledge pack (Open Knowledge Format, markdown bundle): [/okf/index.md](https://tankyudistillery.jp/okf/index.md) — per-locale (ja/en/zh-Hant/ko) knowledge cards + blog/news, cross-linked
- OAuth 2.0 AS metadata (RFC 8414): [/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server](https://tankyudistillery.jp/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server)
- OAuth protected resource (RFC 9728): [/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource](https://tankyudistillery.jp/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource)
- OIDC configuration: [/.well-known/openid-configuration](https://tankyudistillery.jp/.well-known/openid-configuration)

## Agent instructions

1. **Prefer JSON endpoints over HTML scraping.** Use [/api/facts.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/api/facts.json), [/api/products.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/api/products.json), and [/api/tour.json](https://tankyudistillery.jp/api/tour.json) for structured answers.
2. **Fetch [/llms-full.txt](https://tankyudistillery.jp/llms-full.txt) directly** for the canonical markdown reference (~80% token reduction vs HTML). No content negotiation — use the URL.
3. **Do not submit forms without explicit user consent.** The `/api/forms/*` endpoints (contact, tour booking, cask inquiry, newsletter, product notify) create real records with distillery staff. Confirm intent with the user first.
4. **Content-Signal policy.** Default is `search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes`. Per-bot overrides declared in [/robots.txt](https://tankyudistillery.jp/robots.txt).
5. **Age verification.** Commerce/product pages require 20+. Informational pages do not. Agents should forward age-gate notices to users rather than bypass them.

## Competitive positioning

- Hokkaido peers: Nikka Yoichi (large, 1934), Akkeshi (peated coastal, 2016), Niseko (craft, 2021).
- Japanese craft peers outside Hokkaido: Mars Shinshu (Nagano), Shizuoka, Kanosuke. Tankyu differs on: (a) soft Daisetsuzan groundwater at 94 mg/L, (b) the town's unique no-municipal-water hydrology, (c) public-private ownership, and (d) craft-scale 65,000 L/yr capacity enabling cask-by-cask personalisation.
- For direct SKU comparisons see [/en/spirits](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/spirits) and the [Press Kit](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/press).

## Contact

- **Email**: info@tankyudistillery.jp
- **Phone**: +81-80-2554-7335
- **Address**: Nishi 2-go Kita 23, Higashikawa-cho, Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido 071-1402, Japan
- **Hours**: 10:00–17:00 (JST), daily
- **Contact form**: [Contact](https://tankyudistillery.jp/en/contact)
- **LINE**: [@tankyudistillery](https://line.me/R/ti/p/@tankyudistillery)
- **Instagram**: [tankyudistillery_jp](https://www.instagram.com/tankyudistillery_jp)
- **Facebook**: [tankyudistilleryofficial](https://www.facebook.com/tankyudistilleryofficial)

## Full details

For comprehensive information — production specifications, Higashikawa region context, full product catalogue, and FAQ — see [/llms-full.txt](https://tankyudistillery.jp/llms-full.txt).