Chichibu distillery is a small distillery with only nine full-time employees. The distillery is owned by Venture whisky, which was founded in 2004 in Chichibu city, Saitama, just outside of Tokyo (hence its name). This particular offering from Hanyu was bottled for Whisky Live Tokyo 2012. It was distilled in 2000 and bottled in 2012. It is presented with a box. As with everything else from the Chichibu distillery, it comes highly recommended.