Ikawa Distillery – Juzan Co., Ltd.

Tokushu Tokai Paper, a paper manufacturer, has announced plans to build a whisky distillery in Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City. Although it will be a challenge to a different industry, it is said that the expansion into whisky was triggered by the opening of the Linear Shinkansen, which is scheduled to run between Tokyo and Nagoya by 2027. As this route passes through the premises of Tokushu Tokai Paper Co., Ltd., it was decided to consider new ways to utilize water and forest resources, and whisky production was selected.
In 2020, the Southern Alps Division of Tokushu Tokai Paper Co., Ltd., which manages the company-owned forests of Igawa, established Juzan Co., Ltd. and succeeded in forest management and whisky production. Started making whisky.