Oct 18, 2019, 5:22 pm
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Consolidated "Buy Whiskey in Japan" thread (was: Haneda/Narita Duty Free Whiskey)
Jan 20, 2019, 4:56 am
#1082
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Jan 21, 2019, 1:49 am
#1083
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A completely lame offering at Haneda airport this afternoon. Not even displaying the usual Yama / Hakushu 18 or Hibiki 21 with the standard Sold Out sign. All that was on offer was the Hibiki Master Select and it was sold out?!? I can find this at a zillion airports outside Japan.
Jan 21, 2019, 10:33 am
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A completely lame offering at Haneda airport this afternoon. Not even displaying the usual Yama / Hakushu 18 or Hibiki 21 with the standard Sold Out sign. All that was on offer was the Hibiki Master Select and it was sold out?!? I can find this at a zillion airports outside Japan.
Jan 21, 2019, 9:29 pm
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Jan 21, 2019, 10:00 pm
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Jan 21, 2019, 10:13 pm
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Is Hong Kong another place you can snag a bottle home? Hibiki 21 available for HK$8,800 and Yamazaki Sherry Cask 2016 for HK$35,000. Not cheap, but can't found those two in Japan.
Jan 21, 2019, 10:19 pm
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How about around town? Is availability better or worse than in Tokyo? How about prices?
Re. Hong Kong -- Japanese whisky is incredibly overpriced here. I have no idea who (if anyone!) is paying the prices that they're asking in the bottle shops around town.
Re. Hong Kong -- Japanese whisky is incredibly overpriced here. I have no idea who (if anyone!) is paying the prices that they're asking in the bottle shops around town.
Jan 21, 2019, 10:49 pm
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There's no straight answer for this. It's like in Tokyo, stock varies day by day. At this point I am pretty convinced that every single liquor store has been checked out by locals and/or tourists and all the bargains are gone! Only way to find out the availability is to stop by in person!!
Jan 21, 2019, 11:49 pm
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Those prices are terrible, you can definitely find these bottles in Japan for about half that cost.
Jan 22, 2019, 12:08 am
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HK whisky pricing is some of the worst in the world. I live there and never buy. Use Amazon Japan and ship to your hotel in Japan,
