Contains affiliate links. If you buy through a retailer link we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what we say about a bottle — see our disclosure.

Bottle archive / chubu

Mars Lucky Cat

Name: Mars Lucky Cat
Brand: Mars
SKU: mars-lucky-cat

マルスラッキーキャット

On the shelf Not declared

Product image supplied by the retailer.

What it costs in Japan

Observed shop / shelf price

¥4,200

700ml · tax basis not recorded

Static FX equivalent: about $28 at ¥150/$ (2026-08); not an overseas observation.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

No overseas price recorded yet.

Can you actually buy it here?

Stocked by ordinary Japanese liquor shops and supermarkets at list price.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

Is it Japanese whisky?

We found no producer statement either way. This is not an accusation of anything; it means the question is unanswered.

How it tastes

A blended malt drawing on both Mars distilleries, in a series named after the distillery cats. Pleasant and mizunara-touched. Not declared under the JSLMA standard.

Peat

Sweetness

Fruit

Spice

Oak

Smoke

Complexity

Body

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

Specification

Producer	Mars
Region	Chubu
Type	Blended Malt
Age	No age statement
ABV	42%
Casks	Sherry, Mizunara
Best served	Neat, Highball
Our rating	81 / 100 (editorial)

Where to buy outside Japan

The Whisky Exchange

ships from UK · not yet linked for this bottle

Master of Malt

ships from UK · not yet linked (affiliate application pending)

UK retailers ship to the US state by state, and the list changes. Check your state on the retailer's own site before ordering — any state list we published here would be out of date within months.