Ichiro Akuto started distilling at his newly constructed Chichibu Distillery in 2008 and this aptly named malt launched in September (2011) is the first release to be aged for 3 years so able to be termed 'whisky'. Aged in 200-litre American oak, a blend of 31 barrels which produced 7,400 bottles.

Akuto says the vastly contrasting day and night temperatures at the distillery cause his whisky to mature unusually quickly.