Oct 18, 2019, 5:22 pm
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Consolidated "Buy Whiskey in Japan" thread (was: Haneda/Narita Duty Free Whiskey)
Jul 8, 2018, 5:18 pm
#811
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in tokyo now. the pricing has become so crazy you have to wonder if it’s a joke. so far I’ve seen:
Hakushu 12 @ ¥39,000 (that’s not a typo)
Yamazaki 18 @ ¥75,000+tax
Hibiki 21 @ ¥68,000
minis are sold out everywhere. I probably won’t keep hunting at this point as there’s way better deals to be found in the US.
sad times. glad I was able to score most of my bottles before this madness.
Hakushu 12 @ ¥39,000 (that’s not a typo)
Yamazaki 18 @ ¥75,000+tax
Hibiki 21 @ ¥68,000
minis are sold out everywhere. I probably won’t keep hunting at this point as there’s way better deals to be found in the US.
sad times. glad I was able to score most of my bottles before this madness.
Jul 8, 2018, 10:06 pm
#812
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in tokyo now. the pricing has become so crazy you have to wonder if it’s a joke. so far I’ve seen:
Hakushu 12 @ ¥39,000 (that’s not a typo)
Yamazaki 18 @ ¥75,000+tax
Hibiki 21 @ ¥68,000
minis are sold out everywhere. I probably won’t keep hunting at this point as there’s way better deals to be found in the US.
sad times. glad I was able to score most of my bottles before this madness.
Hakushu 12 @ ¥39,000 (that’s not a typo)
Yamazaki 18 @ ¥75,000+tax
Hibiki 21 @ ¥68,000
minis are sold out everywhere. I probably won’t keep hunting at this point as there’s way better deals to be found in the US.
sad times. glad I was able to score most of my bottles before this madness.
Won't be back until September and sounds like won't be worth even searching for my favorite (Hibiki 17). I did return to my Nikka12yo recently and found it more enjoyable than last time I was there -- perhaps this next trip I'll have to focus on the Nikka side of the world and just drink my remaining Hibiki 17 as slowly as possible.
Jul 9, 2018, 10:52 pm
#814
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Yep, Donkis pricing are crazy now. I went to Shinanoya Shinjuku last night and saw a guy purchase a Hibiki 17 for 12k yen as I walked in. They said they didn’t have anymore which bummed me out as I assumed I missed by 1 minute. In retrospect I think he was maybe a regular high spending customer that they held the bottle for, as he was purchasing an unusually large number of bottles.
At Narita duty free every bottle said sold out, however after pressing the lady for a few moments about when they would re stock, she told me she had it. I asked which one she had and she said all of them. Ended up buying one of each (Y18, H18, H21).
Crazy times...
At Narita duty free every bottle said sold out, however after pressing the lady for a few moments about when they would re stock, she told me she had it. I asked which one she had and she said all of them. Ended up buying one of each (Y18, H18, H21).
Crazy times...
Jul 10, 2018, 3:14 pm
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Jul 13, 2018, 5:08 am
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Did you asked for the 25 years ones? I guess they would have if the 18 LE are avaliable.
Jul 13, 2018, 10:41 am
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Jul 13, 2018, 2:48 pm
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By the way, ANA also now serves Hibiki 17 minis in biz class. They used to pour from the big bottle though perhaps recent news has changed that. We were sitting in F and drinking H21, but the flight attendant was nice enough to bring us a few minis from the J cabin to take home. Park Hyatt still has them for $28 a pop if you're staying there as well.
Never in my life before have I been sitting in F and wanted to be downgraded!
Never in my life before have I been sitting in F and wanted to be downgraded!
Jul 13, 2018, 11:39 pm
#823
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By the way, ANA also now serves Hibiki 17 minis in biz class. They used to pour from the big bottle though perhaps recent news has changed that. We were sitting in F and drinking H21, but the flight attendant was nice enough to bring us a few minis from the J cabin to take home. Park Hyatt still has them for $28 a pop if you're staying there as well.
Never in my life before have I been sitting in F and wanted to be downgraded!
Never in my life before have I been sitting in F and wanted to be downgraded!
Jul 14, 2018, 6:58 pm
#825
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Are you in F or J? If the latter should be easy, just order and stash. In F they will probably bring you one per person if you say you want it as a souvenir but it will be difficult to push for more from my experience.