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People visit whisky distillery, inspired by TV drama

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors stroll through the grounds of Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.'s distillery in Yoichi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Dec. 1, 2014. The distillery has seen an increase in visitor numbers due to public broadcaster NHK's television drama series featuring the life of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka who is known as the father of Japan's whisky industry, and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta Cowan.

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Distilling shochu spirit in Hawaii

HAWAII, United States - Ken Hirata's third batch of "Namihana" shochu, made in the spring of 2014 and released in September that year, is 82 percent Big Island and North Shore sweet potatoes and 18 percent black koji. Photo was taken in Hawaii on Nov. 3, 2014.

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Asahi Breweries' 500,000 yen whisky

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Breweries Ltd. announced Sept. 26, 2014, that it will release 700 bottles of "The Nikka 40 Years Old" whisky, priced for 500,000 yen each, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.

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Nikka chief shows new whisky, brandy marking 80th anniv.

TOKYO, Japan - Keiichi Nakagawa, president of Nikka Whisky Distilling Co., shows off special versions of whisky (L) and brandy released to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the firm's establishment in Tokyo on July 2, 2014.

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Nikka unveils new whisky, brandy to mark 80th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. releases special versions of whisky (L) and brandy to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the firm's establishment in Tokyo on July 2, 2014.

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Leads of upcoming NHK drama interviewed in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama (L) and U.S. actress Charlotte Kate Fox, a pair of leads in public broadcaster NHK's new serial morning drama "Massan," attend a press conference at a distillery of Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. in Yoichi, Hokkaido Prefecture, on June 2, 2014. The program, featuring the life of Japanese whiskey pioneer Masataka Taketsuru, will start in September.

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Facilities recycling 'shochu' dregs into bioethanol increasing

TOKYO, Japan - Workers pump from a tanker truck dregs from distilling Japanese ''shochu'' liquor into a storage facility in Saito, Miyazaki Prefecture.

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English-style suit liked by Nikka Whisky founder re-created

Kotaro Taketsuru, grandson of Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.'s founder Masataka Taketsuru, presents himself in an English-style suit liked by his grandfather in his later years at a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2015. Masataka, who learned how to make whisky in Scotland, is featured in a popular morning TV drama series aired by public broadcaster NHK. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Filming of NHK's television drama series "Massan" ends

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama receive flowers at Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.'s distillery in Yoichi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 23, 2015, as filming ended the same day of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series featuring the life of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka known as the father of Japan's whisky industry, and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan. In the drama series "Massan" to be broadcast until March 28, Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama, based on Rita, and Tamayama plays Masaharu Kameyama, based on Taketsuru. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Filming of NHK's television drama series "Massan" ends

American actress Charlotte Kate Fox (L) and Japanese actor Tetsuji Tamayama celebrate at Nikka Whisky Distilling Co.'s distillery in Yoichi on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Feb. 23, 2015, as filming ended the same day of public broadcaster NHK's television drama series featuring the life of Masataka Taketsuru, the founder of Nikka known as the father of Japan's whisky industry, and his Scottish wife Jessie Roberta "Rita" Cowan. In the drama series "Massan" to be broadcast until March 28, Fox stars as Ellie Kameyama, based on Rita, and Tamayama plays Masaharu Kameyama, based on Taketsuru. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Distilling shochu spirit in Hawaii

HAWAII, United States - Sweet potato mash ferments in a vat gifted to Ken Hirata by his master, Toshihiro Manzen, in Hirata's North Shore facility in Hawaii. Photo was taken Nov. 3, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Distilling shochu spirit in Hawaii

HAWAII, United States - Ken Hirata's third batch of "Namihana" shochu, made in the spring of 2014 and released in September that year, is 82 percent Big Island and North Shore sweet potatoes and 18 percent black koji. Photo was taken in Hawaii on Nov. 3, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Distilling shochu spirit in Hawaii

HAWAII, United States - In his North Shore facility in Hawaii, Ken Hirata makes his own koji rice using koji spores from Japan and premium California-grown short-grain rice from Koda Farms. Photo was taken Nov. 3, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Asahi Breweries' 500,000 yen whisky

TOKYO, Japan - Asahi Breweries Ltd. announced Sept. 26, 2014, that it will release 700 bottles of "The Nikka 40 Years Old" whisky, priced for 500,000 yen each, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of Nikka Whisky Distilling Co. (Kyodo)

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distilling apparatus, alembic

The state chateau Rajec nad Svitavou in Rajec-Jestrebi, Czech Republic, March 7, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Turning beer into gin in coronavirus crisis

Photo taken May 1, 2020, shows pot stills for distilling craft beer into gin at Kiuchi Brewery Inc.'s distillery in Ishioka in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. The company has turned to longer-lasting gin to prevent craft beer from going to waste as pubs and restaurants are closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Turning beer into gin in coronavirus crisis

Photo taken May 1, 2020, shows pot stills for distilling craft beer into gin at Kiuchi Brewery Inc.'s distillery in Ishioka in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo. The company has turned to longer-lasting gin to prevent craft beer from going to waste as pubs and restaurants are closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo