The founder was born in Hokkaido in 1975. After graduating from a local university, while working for a pharmaceutical company, he was transferred to Niigata.
He married the representative director of Otani KK, famous for the “Hanko-no-Otani” personal stamp making business.
He joined the company in 2015 and, for a while, worked in sales but his long-time interest in whisky grew and he started down the path to creating whisky.
Four years after joining Otani, he established the Niigata Small-scale Distillery, despite having zero knowledge or experience.
He got equipment with help from brewers in Ibaraki and Kagoshima, he attended training, and he studied and studied and after much trial and error, he created a whisky that suits his tastes that is sweet with a long-lasting aftertaste.
His goal is to have at least one in every 10,000 people think his whisky is delicious. He is in pursuit of the ultimate cup of whisky, for himself and for every person who has enjoyed the whisky he has created.