Created as part of the Karuizawa Five Decades collection, The Moon combines rare Karuizawa whisky drawn from across the distillery's history.

The collection represents an unprecedented approach to one of Japan's most revered closed distilleries. A private collector spent years assembling an exceptional archive of Karuizawa, bringing together whiskies distilled across five decades. For this project, 210 bottles were opened and their contents carefully assessed before being blended into seven entirely new expressions.

Each expression in the collection is named for one of the seven classical celestial bodies: The Sun, The Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn.

The Meaning of The Moon

In the classical planetary system, The Moon is the great light of the night. Unlike The Sun, it does not produce its own light, but reflects it, making it a symbol of change and rhythm. Its constant movement and changing phases have long connected it with the cycles of life and the world around us.

For Karuizawa Five Decades, The Moon reflects this sense of movement and transformation, bringing together whiskies from different moments in the distillery's history to create something entirely new. It represents the changing character of Karuizawa across time, while remaining connected to the light at the centre of the collection.

The Moon is one of just 30 bottles produced.