Whisky From JapanJapanese whisky priced and checked from inside Japan. Shelf prices in yen, how hard each bottle is to actually buy here, and whether it meets the Japanese whisky standard.https://whisky-en.antonbase.com/What decides how much you overpay for Japanese whisky is not age or rarity — it's whether Japan exports ithttps://whisky-en.antonbase.com/article/japanese-whisky-markup-abroad/https://whisky-en.antonbase.com/article/japanese-whisky-markup-abroad/Twenty-two bottles, priced in Japan and in the US. The gaps run from 0.9x to 8.5x, and the pattern has nothing to do with quality. One bottle is actually cheaper in America.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTNikka's two most famous exports are not Japanese whisky — and Nikka says sohttps://whisky-en.antonbase.com/article/nikka-ben-nevis-not-japanese-whisky/https://whisky-en.antonbase.com/article/nikka-ben-nevis-not-japanese-whisky/From The Barrel and Coffey Malt both fail the Japanese whisky standard, for the same reason: Nikka owns a distillery in Scotland. The company is open about it. Almost nobody buying the bottles abroad knows.Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT