The Scottish Mother of Japanese whisky

[yokohamajo]

Greetings from Japan,

I thought you might enjoy this recent newspaper article on Rita Taketsuru - the Glasgow-born woman who helped to bring the water of life the land of the rising sun.

It's from The Japan Times: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20101128x1.html

YJ

[Luke]

Greetings from Japan,

I thought you might enjoy this recent newspaper article on Rita Taketsuru - the Glasgow-born woman who helped to bring the water of life the land of the rising sun.

It's from The Japan Times: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20101128x1.html

YJ

A very interesting article, thanks for posting the link.

I recently spent some time in Japan and visited the Hakushu, Yoichi and Yamazaki distilleries. They each had information about the history of the distilleries; and at the time I found the story of Rita and her husband to be particularly interesting.

Incidentally, the whisky was also phenomenal! :D

[Jojo]

What a fantastic story - I was really touched by this article and truly enjoyed reading it. I spent a couple of years teaching English to kids in Japan back in the early 90s, but unfortunately I didn't know a thing about whisky at the time. I should dig out those old kimono pix and toast to Rita!

The Taketsuru Fan Club has another new member - no doubt ;)

[BourbonDrinker]

Interesting article. Thanks for posting the link.

[nitehawk55]

Great story , thanks for sharing with us :)

[HP12]

What a cool story. Thx for sharing.

[Islay Peat]

Moving story and more informative than I'd expected. Now when I go to Yoichi I'll have one more thing to do...