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¥3,300 (Tax included)
Water Dragon

Crafted by Masatoshi Yamaura (Director and Head of Production at Whiskey&Co.), leveraging his extensive background in sweet potato shochu making.

A special shochu produced only once a year.
Made with sweet potatoes from Mishima and black koji from Shizuoka, this shochu is crafted using a fermentation process that maximizes the unique characteristics of the sweet potatoes, enhanced by a carefully selected yeast and Awamori-style black koji.

700ml/ABV 25%

Brand: Whiskey & Co.

ラベルアート: Whiskey & Co. 三澤 侑生

Detail

Features

Captured in a bourbon-style cooker and carefully distilled in copper stills. Discover a remarkably smooth and rich flavor unlike any traditional shochu.

Black Koji

Black Koji

Crafted with domestic rice and Awamori-style black koji from Nakamuraya Koji-ten, a historic producer operating for 128 years in Shimizu, near Mishima City.

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

Made using "Mishima Kansho," a premier agricultural product of the Hakone Seiroku Mishima Vegetables, fulfilling our promise of using quality sweet potatoes from Mishima.

Award

2025

  • ISC(International Spirits Challenge) - Gold
  • IWSC(International Wine & Spirit Competition) - Bronze

2024

  • ISC(International Spirits Challenge) - Silver
  • IWSC(International Wine & Spirit Competition) - Silver
  • The Feminalise World Wine Competition - Gold

Distiller

Yamaura Masatoshi

Board Director, Distillery Chief & Master Distiller (Whiskey & Shochu)

Graduated from the Graduate School of Science and Engineering at Kagoshima University with a Ph.D (Science), and is a J.S.A. Certified Sommelier.

He previously served as the Head of Research and Development for a shochu brewery at a major Japanese sake company and was the Head of Production at a single malt distillery. He later joined Whiskey&Co., Inc.

Under his expertise, our unaged whiskey spirit was awarded "Top of the Best" in the Japanese Spirits category in France in April 2025. Subsequently, in August 2025, our first-release barrel-aged whiskey secured the Master Medal—the highest accolade—at The World Whisky Masters in London.