Karuizawa distillery 軽井沢蒸溜所 was a Japanese whisky distillery. It was located at Miyota, a town on the southern slopes of an active complex volcano, Mount Asama, in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

Established in 1955, the distillery began production in 1956. It was owned by Mercian Corporation and was the smallest in Japan. It was mothballed in 2000, and closed in 2011, The remaining whiskey stock from the distillery was purchased and re-branded, then released as a series of luxury whiskies.

This extremely rare Karuizawa was bottled by Mercian for their Ocean range. During this period the vast majority of Karuizawa was being used for Ocean's blended whisky range so a single malt of this age is almost unheard of.

Distilled: 1965

Bottled: 1986

Age: 21 year old

43% ABV / 72cl

Bottle Number: One of only 518 bottles released