Oct 18, 2019, 5:22 pm
Last edit by: armagebedar
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Consolidated "Buy Whiskey in Japan" thread (was: Haneda/Narita Duty Free Whiskey)
Oct 29, 2019, 6:58 pm
#1771
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 278
All this talk about a Japanese whisky lottery intrigued me. Here's link to the event on Nov 6. I'm going for sure, heading over Friday for a week and have a lunch meeting in Ginza and this starts at 10:30 from the looks of it. https://japandutyfree-ginza.jp/en/ev.../20191106.html
Oct 29, 2019, 6:59 pm
#1772
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TYO
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Oct 30, 2019, 1:33 am
#1774
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 26
Haneda & Narita airport
Hi all. My friend going to visit Tokyo(haneda airport) coming 17th Nov. Some questions as below:
1. If he want to buy hibiki 21, hakushu 18 & Yamazaki 18, he just try his luck to check with the duty free shop see whether have stock or not when he depart ?
2. How about the hibiki30, Yamazaki25 & hakushu25? Need to go through the process of lucky draw? How is it? Fasola online? Or JAL online? Or at the airport duty free?
Thanks
1. If he want to buy hibiki 21, hakushu 18 & Yamazaki 18, he just try his luck to check with the duty free shop see whether have stock or not when he depart ?
2. How about the hibiki30, Yamazaki25 & hakushu25? Need to go through the process of lucky draw? How is it? Fasola online? Or JAL online? Or at the airport duty free?
Thanks
Oct 31, 2019, 9:05 am
#1775
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 49
Check above comments
Hi all. My friend going to visit Tokyo(haneda airport) coming 17th Nov. Some questions as below:
1. If he want to buy hibiki 21, hakushu 18 & Yamazaki 18, he just try his luck to check with the duty free shop see whether have stock or not when he depart ?
2. How about the hibiki30, Yamazaki25 & hakushu25? Need to go through the process of lucky draw? How is it? Fasola online? Or JAL online? Or at the airport duty free?
Thanks
1. If he want to buy hibiki 21, hakushu 18 & Yamazaki 18, he just try his luck to check with the duty free shop see whether have stock or not when he depart ?
2. How about the hibiki30, Yamazaki25 & hakushu25? Need to go through the process of lucky draw? How is it? Fasola online? Or JAL online? Or at the airport duty free?
Thanks
A link to the Ginza duty free lottery was posted a few comments above. It might be worthwhile reading the previous comments as there are many helpful tips. But to summarize what others have posted, the duty free shops are hit and miss. Try as many stores as you can. Best luck will be at places like Liquor Mountain but the prices are sometimes slightly higher. Why not order online and have it sent to a hotel? Best of luck!
Nov 5, 2019, 7:23 pm
#1776
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All this talk about a Japanese whisky lottery intrigued me. Here's link to the event on Nov 6. I'm going for sure, heading over Friday for a week and have a lunch meeting in Ginza and this starts at 10:30 from the looks of it. https://japandutyfree-ginza.jp/en/ev.../20191106.html
Nov 5, 2019, 7:31 pm
#1777
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TYO
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Interesting to see that they removed the Hakushu 18 from lottery this time and increased the quantities of the other bottles.
Nov 5, 2019, 8:44 pm
#1778
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Nov 7, 2019, 6:15 am
#1779
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 49
FamilyMarts are restocked in my area (Kyoto/Osaka)
Looks like it’s easier to find Japanese whiskey in the U.S. these days! I felt lucky just last night to find the Suntory trio of no age statements (Hakushu, Chita, Yamazaki) at my local FamilyMart. I checked a few other FamilyMarts and they were also restocked. All with no age statement bottles only but better than nothing!
Nov 7, 2019, 8:11 am
#1780
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TYO
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Looks like it’s easier to find Japanese whiskey in the U.S. these days! I felt lucky just last night to find the Suntory trio of no age statements (Hakushu, Chita, Yamazaki) at my local FamilyMart. I checked a few other FamilyMarts and they were also restocked. All with no age statement bottles only but better than nothing!
Nov 9, 2019, 12:56 am
#1781
Join Date: Feb 2019
Location: Kanagawa
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Posts: 238
Anyone else gonna be in town for the Tokyo Whisky Festival next weekend? I’ll be making the trip up from neighboring Kanagawa. Whisky Richard was talking about the festival bottles earlier, and it seems like the Mars Komagatake is going to be one people are going to be after. I’m probably gonna skip the madness of lining up for the lottery for that and just be perusing the other booths. If Kirin is exhibiting again, I’m looking forward to getting another dram straight out of one of their casks.
Nov 9, 2019, 1:58 am
#1782
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 278
Anyone else gonna be in town for the Tokyo Whisky Festival next weekend? I’ll be making the trip up from neighboring Kanagawa. Whisky Richard was talking about the festival bottles earlier, and it seems like the Mars Komagatake is going to be one people are going to be after. I’m probably gonna skip the madness of lining up for the lottery for that and just be perusing the other booths. If Kirin is exhibiting again, I’m looking forward to getting another dram straight out of one of their casks.
See you at Chichibu Matsuri
