Yamazakura Subsequent the topic of historic spirits companies that have recently jumped around the Japanese whisky trend, the Asaka distillery was introduced in 2015 by Sasanokawa Shuzo, a corporation that is been producing shochu and sake for more than 250 years. Some Japanese whisky is made from rice or corn; https://bouchesocial.com/story19219670/what-does-whisky-japoneses-mean