You’ve heard about Ichiro Akuto, right? His family have been in the alcoholic beverage making industry since the 1600s. Ichiro’s father ran the Hanyu distillery and began experimenting with whisky making until his unfortunate bankruptcy. Ichiro then founded his own distillery, named Chichibu, located in Saitama, just outside of Tokyo. From the cracking Ichiro’s Malt range, this is a smooth, apple-y Japanese blended malt, almost certainly comprised of Hanyu & Chichibu (where it was matured, vatted and bottled).