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Bottle archive / kansai

Suntory Kakubin

Name: Suntory Kakubin
Brand: Suntory
SKU: suntory-kakubin

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On the shelf Meets the JSLMA standard

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What it costs in Japan

Observed shop / shelf price

¥1,500

700ml · tax basis not recorded

Static FX equivalent: about $10 at ¥150/$ (2026-08); not an overseas observation.

Our estimate · checked August 2026

Observed shop / shelf price · 750ml · tax basis not recorded

$85

Observed price · checked August 2026
wine-searcher US average, 750ml. Weaker than a single named retailer — averages blend ordinary shops with specialist importers, which runs high on bottles Japan does not officially export. Replace when a Total Wine listing is confirmed.

No markup multiple is shown unless both the Japan and overseas values are observed transaction/shelf prices with dated provenance.

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?

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

How it tastes

The yellow-labelled bottle behind the counter in every izakaya in Japan, and the reason the highball exists as a national drink. Suntory lists it among its JSLMA-compliant products, which puts it in the same category as Yamazaki at roughly a tenth of the price. Judge it as a mixer, not a sipper.

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

Specification

Producer	Suntory
Region	Kansai
Type	Blended
Age	No age statement
ABV	40%
Casks	Various
Best served	Highball
Our rating	78 / 100 (editorial)

Where to buy outside Japan

The Whisky Exchange

ships from UK

Master of Malt

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