LAUNCHED IN 2018 BY THE KAIKYO DISTILLERY, HATOZAKI WHISKIES WERE IMAGINED BY KIMIO YONEZAWA, MASTER DISTILLER & BLENDER, WHO WANTED TO CREATE A COLLECTION OF ELEGANT AND ACCESSIBLE WHISKIES WHOSE FLAVORS EVOKE THE WARMTH OF JAPANESE HOSPITALITY AND THE SOFT OCEANIC CLIMATE. HATOZAKI WHISKIES CAN BE SHARED ON ANY OCCASION.

THE HATOZAKI LIGHTHOUSE IS THE OLDEST STONE LIGHTHOUSE IN JAPAN AND HAS BEEN A GUIDE FOR SAILORS NAVIGATING IN THE PORT OF AKASHI SINCE 1620. IT IS A SYMBOL OF DEPENDABILITY, OPENNESS TO THE WIDER WORLD, AND TRADE WHICH ENABLES THE EXCHANGE OF GOODS AND IDEAS. THIS LIGHTHOUSE SERVES AS THE PERFECT ICON TO REPRESENT KAIKYO DISTILLERY’S WHISKIES.