Keita was an elementary school teacher in Nagano and his hobby was star gazing.He had no interest in politics.

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While Taketsuru passed away in 1979, at age 85, his legacy continues at both Suntory and Nikka. Both distilleries create uniquely different liquids, blended together for some of Nikka’s releases, and sold on their own for others. The company makes whisky at two distilleries in Japan: the Yoichi distillery, which uses coal-heated pot stills and steam-heated pot stills and the Miyagikyo distillery, equipped with Coffey stills. And there’s no longer just one Nikka distillery.

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