Keizo Saji, the second Master Blender, inherited his father's quest to push back the boundaries of what Japanese whisky could be. He had searched all over Japan for high-quality water that would become the most delicately aromatic to produce whisky that people would love. After searching tenaciously in river streams and steep mountains, he found Hakushu.The Hakushu distillery is undoubtedly one of the highest distilleries in the world, built amidst the deepest forests of Mt. Kaikomagatake in the Japanese Southern Alps.