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Hibiki 17 Year Old

響17年

Discontinued Meets the JSLMA standard

What it costs in Japan

¥55,000

about $367 at ¥150/$ (2026-08)

Our estimate · checked August 2026

US retail is 2.7× the Japanese price — about $633 more per bottle.

Observed in a Japanese shop · checked August 2026
wine-searcher US average, 750ml. Weaker than a single named retailer — averages blend ordinary shops with collector shops, so they run high on scarce bottles. Replace when a Total Wine listing is confirmed.

Can you actually buy it here?

Production has ended. Remaining stock only.

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

Discontinued by Suntory in 2018 when the aged stock ran out. Any bottle you see now is old stock or resale, and the price reflects scarcity rather than quality. Famous outside Japan largely for its part in Lost in Translation.

Peat

Sweetness

Fruit

Spice

Oak

Smoke

Complexity

Body

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

Specification

Producer	Suntory
Region	Kansai
Type	Blended
Age	17 years
ABV	43%
Casks	American oak, Sherry, Mizunara
Best served	Neat
Our rating	90 / 100 (editorial)

Where to buy outside Japan

The Whisky Exchange — ships from UK · not yet linked (affiliate application pending)
Master of Malt — ships from UK · not yet linked (affiliate application pending)

UK retailers ship to the US state by state, and the list changes. Check your state on the retailer's own site before ordering — any state list we published here would be out of date within months.