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The white still house of Hombo Shuzo's Mars Shinshu Distillery

WHISKY DISTILLERY · NAGANO

マルス駒ヶ岳蒸溜所(本坊酒造)

Photo: Opqr / CC BY-SA 4.0

Type
Whisky Distillery
Location
Nagano · Miyada
Region
Koshinetsu
Founded
1985Built 1985 as the Shinshu plant; Hombo Shuzo founded 1872.
Official site
www.hombo.co.jp ↗

03 — RECORD

Hombo Shuzo's distillery in Miyada, Nagano. Built in 1985 as the Shinshu plant, it is now presented as Mars Komagatake Distillery.

04 — LOCATION / LAND

Regional overview — not producer-specific

Sunlit basins and snow-bound plains.

Yamanashi, Nagano and Niigata: mountain-ringed basins alongside snowy plains opening onto the Sea of Japan — vineyards and rice paddies within a single region.

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa
NAGANON 36.65°  E 138.18°

05–07 — INGREDIENTS · WATER · PRODUCTION

General ingredients and processes of japanese whisky. This producer's own water source, ingredients and methods will be added once confirmed from official information.

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Representative drinks

Overhead pergola-trained Koshu vineyard in Katsunuma
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0

Tours, shops, opening hours, reservations and tastings change over time, so they are not listed here. Please check the producer's official website for current information.

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  1. 01Suntory Yamazaki Distilleryサントリー 山崎蒸溜所EST. 1923
  2. 02Nikka Whisky Yoichi Distilleryニッカウヰスキー 余市蒸溜所EST. 1934
  3. 03Venture Whisky Chichibu Distilleryベンチャーウイスキー 秩父蒸溜所—
  4. 04Hakkai Brewery八海醸造EST. 1922

SOURCES

Last verified 26 September 2026

  1. 1沿革 | 本坊酒造本坊酒造 · Official · accessed 2026-09-26
  2. 2マルス駒ヶ岳蒸溜所 見学本坊酒造 · Official · accessed 2026-09-26
  1. 1Hombo Shuzo Mars Shinshu Distillery — Opqr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons