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Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Nara, Awaji Island, Himeji, Kanazawa, Naoshima (Setouchi Art Festival), Hiroshima, Fukuoka

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    Suntory Time!

    Brian Butterfield
    Aug 8, '10 8:33 AM EST

    Japan has some damn good whiskey, and if I was allowed to check youtube at work I would make sure this is the right clip, but here it is anyway,
    For relaxing times, make it Suntory time.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_saLrADKqNM

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    This is the first barrel from the first batch of Yamazaki Single Malt ever produced (1920's I think).

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    After the tour we got free whiskey even though it was barely past Noon, I was game for one or two but most of the people on the tour put down 4 or 5 highballs in about 30 minutes - impressive and rather odd at the same time. Nearby is the Oyamizaki Museum, a european style villa with a Tadao Ando designed addition to house several Monet paintings.



     
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