Akkeshi Distillery
Akkeshi is a town located in Hokkaido, it's home to a Japanese whisky distillery that looks to use local ingredients and resources to create a Japanese version of Islay's smoky malt whiskies.
Akkeshi is home to plenty of wetlands, a major source of peat., that peat finds its way into the water table in Akkeshi, just as it does in Islay. Crowfoot grows upstream on the Homakai River, which feeds the Akkeshi Distillery.
Akkeshi is home to plenty of wetlands, a major source of peat., that peat finds its way into the water table in Akkeshi, just as it does in Islay. Crowfoot grows upstream on the Homakai River, which feeds the Akkeshi Distillery.
Akkeshi has an average temperature of 18C in the summer and -6C in the winter. Again this is fairly close to Islay, where the averages are 14C and 4C respectively. Just like in Islay, the warm moist air from the wetlands is cooled by the nearby ocean, creating advection fog on a regular basis.
Japanese New Makes & New Borns
Benten Shrine, in the middle of Lake Akkeshi.
