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Shinshu Mars distillery

Coordinates: 35°44′51.4″N 137°54′04.1″E / 35.747611°N 137.901139°E / 35.747611; 137.901139
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Shinshu Mars distillery
Region: Japan
LocationMiyatamura 4752-31, Kamiina, Nagano, 399-4301
Coordinates35°44′51.4″N 137°54′04.1″E / 35.747611°N 137.901139°E / 35.747611; 137.901139
OwnerHombo Shuzo Co., Ltd. [ja]
Founded1985 (1985)
StatusActive
No. of stills2 pot stills
Mothballed1992–2011
WebsiteWebsite (in Japanese)

Shinshu Mars distillery (Japanese: 信州マルス蒸留所, Hepburn: Shinshu Mars jōryūsho) is a Japanese whisky distillery. Founded in 1985, and mothballed from 1992 to 2011, it is owned by Hombo Shuzo Co., Ltd. [ja], a Japanese "shōchū" maker based in Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.[1][2]

The distillery is located at Miyada (宮田村, Miyada-mura), a village in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.[1][2] At around 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level,[2] it is Japan's highest whisky distillery.[3][4]

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  1. ^ a b WHISKY Magazine Japan 2012.
  2. ^ a b c WHISKY Magazine Japan 2013.
  3. ^ "Mars Shinshu". Tokiwa Imports. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Mars Shinshu distillery". Skurnik. Retrieved 29 December 2019.

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