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Bottle archive / chugoku

Sakurao Travel Exclusive

Name: Sakurao Travel Exclusive
Brand: Sakurao Distillery
SKU: sakurao-travel-exclusive

桜尾トラベルリテール限定

Allocated Not declared

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What it costs in Japan

Observed airport duty-free price

¥6,000

700ml · tax basis not recorded

Static FX equivalent: about $40 at ¥150/$ (2026-08); not an overseas observation.

Observed price · checked August 2026
Japan Duty Free airport price; travel-retail exclusive.

No overseas price recorded yet.

Can you actually buy it here?

Shops receive limited quantities. Sells out, but turns up if you look.

Our estimate · checked August 2026
Travel-retail exclusive; airport stock varies.

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 travel-retail Sakurao release from Hiroshima, with fruit, oak and a mild coastal edge. The producer statement is not recorded in our current JSLMA source set, so the bottle remains undeclared rather than guessed compliant.

Peat

Sweetness

Fruit

Spice

Oak

Smoke

Complexity

Body

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

Specification

Producer	Sakurao Distillery
Region	Chugoku
Type	Single Malt
Age	No age statement
ABV	47%
Casks	Bourbon, Sherry
Best served	Neat, With water
Our rating	82 / 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 Check your state on the retailer's own site before ordering — any state list we published here would be out of date within months.