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Bottle archive / kanto

Chichibu The First

秩父ザ・ファースト

Secondary market only Meets the JSLMA standard

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What it costs in Japan

Observed shop / shelf price

¥45,000

700ml · tax basis not recorded

Static FX equivalent: about $300 at ¥150/$ (2026-08); not an overseas observation.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

No overseas price recorded yet.

Can you actually buy it here?

No longer distributed. Available only through auction and resale.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

Is it Japanese whisky?

Mashed, fermented, distilled, matured and bottled in Japan, per the Japan Spirits & Liqueurs Makers Association standard.

How it tastes

Venture Whisky's first release and the bottle that proved a Japanese craft distillery could be taken seriously. Long sold out; the figure below is what it fetches on the secondary market here, not a shop price.

Peat

Sweetness

Fruit

Spice

Oak

Smoke

Complexity

Body

Our estimates, scored the same way across every bottle so they can be compared.

Specification

Producer	Chichibu Distillery
Region	Kanto
Type	Single Malt
Age	10 years
ABV	50.5%
Casks	Various
Best served	Neat
Our rating	91 / 100 (editorial)

Where to buy outside Japan

The Whisky Exchange

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Master of Malt

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