Tori Kai

Distillery : Tori Kai Shuzo
Founded: 1575
Distillery Location: Kumamoto Prefecture
Profile Tori Kai Shochu (Soju) has been hand crafted by the same Japanese family since 1575 in the traditional way: distilled from locally grown and highly polished rice (daiginjo), fine rice malt (ginjo-koji) and homemade yeast fermented at a low temperature. The resulting sake is single batch distilled in a traditional pot still. The end result is the award winning Tori Kai 48 proof Shochu, fragrant, light and soft and long favored by Shochu connoisseurs in Japan and worldwide. It is the gold standard by which all Shochu and Soju is judged.

The label design for Tori Kai is representative of the Edo Komon, a kimono which may look like a solid color from a distance but, upon closer inspection, has a pattern made by tiny dots which is representative of Tori Kai’s subtle complexity of flavors and traditional hand-crafted processes.

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