Chugoku Jozo was founded near the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The Distillery began producing fruit liqueurs, sake, and shochu in 1918 under the brands Dharma and Songshan, a long-aged shochu. In 1990, Chugoku Jozo started blending whiskeys under the brand Togouchi. Chugoku Jozo Distillery does not distil whisky but imports them already distilled directly from Scotland for malt whisky and from Canada for grain whisky. The aging and blending process are performed by Chugoku Jozo master blenders. What makes Togouchi whiskies unique is that they are aged in tunnels that were built for railways but never used.
