The Yamazaki distillery was established in an area near Osaka famed for its mineral water, while the Hakushū distillery was built at an altitude of 700 meters in a forest located in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, near Japan’s Southern Alps.
Yamazaki está situada en una zona de aguas limpias cercana a la gran urbe de Osaka, mientras que Hakushū se encuentra en un bosque a 700 metros de altitud colindante con los Alpes del Sur.