Oct 18, 2019, 5:22 pm
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Consolidated "Buy Whiskey in Japan" thread (was: Haneda/Narita Duty Free Whiskey)
Nov 5, 2020, 2:46 am
#2311
Join Date: Feb 2019
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+1. I definitely regret not buying more bottles of the Nikka 12 back when it was still easy to find.
Nov 17, 2020, 5:53 am
#2315
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Translate with the price for each, please, I know I can not afford it, may have well dream !!!
I thought I would have a good chance winning.... not after seeing that many people lined up... oh well we will see!
Originally Posted by james21
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I thought I would have a good chance winning.... not after seeing that many people lined up... oh well we will see!
Nov 17, 2020, 5:55 pm
#2317
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 278
The numbers in the red circle next to the bottles mean how many they have each for the lottery. The price for each is under the picture of the bottle. This is a lottery for a BIC Camera store in Tokyo and about 1000+ people showed up in line. Each person could only enter once and pick only one bottle to enter. The line is for getting a number card and to chose what bottle you want to enter. They drew the winning numbers later in the morning and I did not win. The chances were just too little...
Nov 18, 2020, 12:53 am
#2318
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My Japanese is very poor but nevertheless was an enjoyable 45 minutes of these five.
Dec 14, 2020, 5:11 am
#2319
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 41
Hakushu NAS at Yamaya in Daimon (Tokyo)
Just passed by the Yamaya in Daimon, which had several bottles of Hakushu NAS for 5800 yen plus tax. Yamaya always struck me as a place that charges retail for Japanese whisky, so does anyone know if there’s been any recent price hikes for the Suntory NAS brands?
Dec 14, 2020, 5:39 am
#2320
Join Date: Mar 2020
Posts: 29
I just found Yamazaki NAS for 4200 (not at Yamaya) as recently As last week, so I hope Yamaya has just decided to get their fair share and it’s not the new MSRP. Although the price has creeped up on Mercari quite a bit in the past few weeks so could that be why..?
Dec 15, 2020, 5:08 am
#2321
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 278
I have been buying Yamazaki NAS for 4200 yen before tax as well for the last couple months at local Aeon liquor. It is possible that they are increasing the price again!
Dec 16, 2020, 7:55 am
#2322
Join Date: Oct 2019
Posts: 49
Anyways, there seems to be an uptick of bottles on the shelves around the holidays so happy hunting guys!
Dec 17, 2020, 7:43 am
#2323
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 278
Akkeshi is putting out their first full size bottling but at a high price of Y16,500.... it's a hard pass for me...
Dec 25, 2020, 6:57 am
#2324
Join Date: May 2015
Posts: 278
[QUOTE=jashsu;32892403]Have you cracked one? Have a hard time believing the 90 it's currently averaging on whiskybase.
Just opened one for the Christmas! It's pretty hot but packs with flavors for sure. Added a little water making it more fruity. To me it's a very good young whisky! I would probably rate it 87-88. I expect it to be better at half way point! I'm really into Mars Komagatake right now. They are producing some awesome young whiskies lately!
Just opened one for the Christmas! It's pretty hot but packs with flavors for sure. Added a little water making it more fruity. To me it's a very good young whisky! I would probably rate it 87-88. I expect it to be better at half way point! I'm really into Mars Komagatake right now. They are producing some awesome young whiskies lately!
Dec 25, 2020, 8:39 pm
#2325
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 278
Just opened one for the Christmas! It's pretty hot but packs with flavors for sure. Added a little water making it more fruity. To me it's a very good young whisky! I would probably rate it 87-88. I expect it to be better at half way point! I'm really into Mars Komagatake right now. They are producing some awesome young whiskies lately!