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Old 02-17-2016, 05:17 PM   #445
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Wow you scored a bottle of 21 Hibiki! Super jealous! How much was that?
27,000JPY or $330 CDN

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tomatogunk where did you find the 21? I'm in Japan right now as well and I'm having a hell of a time finding it for a reasonable price. I found it in a small liquor store marked up quite a bit, it was being sold for 39,000JPY (about 500CAD) and the one store that a friend said had Yamazaki 18 for 25,000JPY was sold out.

So far I only managed to grab Hibiki 12 and 17, for what I consider fairly reasonable prices. Still on the hunt for other stuff... The Yamazaki distillery had lots available for tasting but none for sale.
Where in Japan are you right now? I found the Hibiki 21 by stroke of luck in Ikeda near the Hankyu Takarazuka Line. They were being sold at that store for 27,000JPY (taxes inclusive). Later that day I was strolling around the department stores in Umeda and found a gold mine of Japanese Whiskeys still in stock and being sold in Hanshin: Yamazaki 12, Yamazaki Limited Edition 2015 and several Hibiki 21's; they were 9,500, 10,000 and 25,000JPY respectively (duty-free prices, just make sure you bring your passport along for a tax refund). Hope you can still score some.

Kansai airport also had plenty of Yamazaki 18 Limited Editions in stock for 50,000JPY, but thats too rich for my taste

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