{"id":176522,"date":"2026-03-17T16:29:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=event&#038;p=176522&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:35:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T07:35:31","slug":"japanese-whisky-stories-26","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/event\/japanese-whisky-stories-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Whisky Stories Fukuoka (JWS Fukuoka) 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese Whisky Stories Fukuoka is an event dedicated to showcasing the appeal of Japanese whisky and its distilleries. Around 30 distilleries from across Japan will gather, from long-established producers founded in the Showa era\u2014such as Yamazaki, Yoichi, Miyagikyo, Hakushu, and Mars Komagatake\u2014to newer distilleries attracting attention in recent years, including Chichibu, Gaiaflow Shizuoka, and Nagahama.<br \/>\nIn addition to tastings and bottle sales, the venue will feature more than 50 booths, including seminars, a blind tasting contest, a cocktail bar, and food pairings such as coffee, cigars, and cheese. The event offers a chance to experience the current landscape of Japanese whisky, whose global reputation continues to grow.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fn_japanese-whisky-stories-2026-cl-001.jpg?resize=1400%2C1052&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Japanese Whisky Stories Fukuoka (JWS Fukuoka) 2026, \u30b8\u30e3\u30d1\u30cb\u30fc\u30ba\u30fb\u30a6\u30a4\u30b9\u30ad\u30fc\u30fb\u30b9\u30c8\u30fc\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u798f\u5ca1\uff08JWS\u798f\u5ca1\uff092026\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1052\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fn_japanese-whisky-stories-2026-cl-001.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fn_japanese-whisky-stories-2026-cl-001.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fn_japanese-whisky-stories-2026-cl-001.jpg?resize=1024%2C769&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fn_japanese-whisky-stories-2026-cl-001.jpg?resize=768%2C577&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Apr. 5, 2026 (Sun.)<br \/>\n\u2022 12:00~17:00<br \/>\n\u2022 Adv. \u00a54,400 \/ door. \u00a55,500<br \/>\n\u2022 Fukuoka International Congress Center 2F Multi-purpose Hall<br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/NkFnQQbj5av8TdA69\" target=\"_blank\">2-1 Sekijomachi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka<\/a><br \/>\n\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/japanese_whisky_stories\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/japanese_whisky_stories\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Participating Distilleries<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Venture Grain Tomakomai Distillery (Hokkaido)<br \/>\n\u2022 Yoichi Distillery (Hokkaido)<br \/>\n\u2022 Miyagikyo Distillery (Miyagi)<br \/>\n\u2022 Gekkogawa Distillery (Yamagata)<br \/>\n\u2022 Yusa Distillery (Yamagata)<br \/>\n\u2022 Yoshida Denzai Distillery (Niigata)<br \/>\n\u2022 Niigata Kameda Distillery (Niigata)<br \/>\n\u2022 Asaka Distillery (Fukushima)<br \/>\n\u2022 Chichibu Distillery, Chichibu Second Distillery (Saitama)<br \/>\n\u2022 Kiuchi Brewery Yago Distillery (Ibaraki)<br \/>\n\u2022 Hakushu Distillery (Yamanashi)<br \/>\n\u2022 Mars Komagatake Distillery (Nagano)<br \/>\n\u2022 Distillery Water Dragon (Shizuoka)<br \/>\n\u2022 Ikawa Distillery (Shizuoka)<br \/>\n\u2022 Gaiaflow Shizuoka Distillery (Shizuoka)<br \/>\n\u2022 Chita Distillery (Aichi)<br \/>\n\u2022 Nagahama Distillery (Shiga)<br \/>\n\u2022 Yamazaki Distillery (Osaka)<br \/>\n\u2022 SAKURAO DISTILLERY (Hiroshima)<br \/>\n\u2022 Shindo Distillery (Fukuoka)<br \/>\n\u2022 Yamaga Distillery (Kumamoto)<br \/>\n\u2022 Tano Distillery (Kumamoto)<br \/>\n\u2022 Kuju Distillery (Oita)<br \/>\n\u2022 Komaki Distillery (Kagoshima)<br \/>\n\u2022 Ontake Distillery (Kagoshima)<br \/>\n\u2022 Kanosuke Distillery (Kagoshima)<br \/>\n\u2022 Mars Tsunuki Distillery (Kagoshima)<br \/>\n\u2022 Hinokami Distillery (Kagoshima)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese Whisky Stories Fukuoka is an event dedicated to showcasing the appeal of Japanese whisky and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30291,"featured_media":176506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-176522","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-hakata-ku","event-type-food-drink","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/176522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30291"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176522"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}