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CHICHIBU 2023 LONDON EDITION
A rare Chichibu 2023 London Edition enters the Vault.
Luxury packaging. Collector appeal. Premium whisky character.
Only 399 tickets. Once it’s gone, it’s gone.
INSTANT PRIZES
💷 1 × £25 Cash
💷 1 × £25 Site Credit
🎟️ 2 × £10 HV Credit
🎟️ 2 × £5 HV Credit
🎟️ 10 × £1 HV Credit
DRAW DETAILS
🎫 £3.99 per ticket
🔒 399 ticket cap
🥃 Guaranteed winner
Low cap. Luxury bottle.
Most of the whiskies in the Vault come from Scotland, but this one comes from Japan, from a craft distillery with a cult following among collectors.
The Akuto family has been making drinks for almost 400 years. Their sake brewery was founded in the city of Chichibu in 1625. In the 1940s the family business moved to Hanyu, where Ichiro Akuto's grandfather set up a whisky distillery.
Ichiro Akuto studied at the Tokyo University of Agriculture, worked at Suntory, and joined the family firm in 1999. When the business was sold in 2004, Hanyu's whisky was at risk, so Ichiro bought most of the remaining casks himself and set up his own company to sell them and build a new distillery.
Chichibu distillery, in Ichiro's home town of Chichibu in Saitama Prefecture, ran its first spirit in February 2008. It was the first Japanese distillery in 35 years to receive a new whisky production licence. The team malts some of its own barley, has washbacks made from Japanese mizunara oak, and runs its own on-site cooperage. A bigger sister distillery, Chichibu II, opened nearby in 2019.
Chichibu's whiskies have won World's Best titles at the World Whiskies Awards seven times between 2017 and 2025. Ichiro was named Master Blender of the Year at the International Spirits Challenge in 2019, and entered Whisky Magazine's Hall of Fame in 2024.
Chichibu has long been championed by The Whisky Exchange in London. The London Edition was first bottled to celebrate The Whisky Exchange's autumn whisky show, and is now released each year as a tribute to the city. Every edition combines a different set of casks.
The 2023 edition brings together casks aged between 5 and 9 years, from red wine and bourbon casks selected by Ichiro Akuto. It is bottled at 51.5% ABV, non-chill filtered and without added colour, and only 1,949 bottles were made.
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See who has already taken home a rare bottle on our winners list, or browse all of our live whisky competitions for the next one. You can also win a free bottle every month, and our FAQs explain how entries, draws and free postal entry work.
This competition is open to UK residents aged 18 or over.
You will be randomly allocated your ticket number(s) when ordering and will receive an email confirmation.
The total number of tickets available for this competition is (399).
If all tickets do not sell out, the draw will still take place on 21st September 2026 @ 11:23 PM.
You must answer the competition question correctly to be entered into the draw. Incorrect entries will not be entered.
You may enter the competition online or for free by post by sending your entry to Highland Vault on a postcard. You must have an account on Highland Vault for your entry to be processed. All details on your entry MUST match the details on your account to receive the order confirmation and ticket number. Postal entries received without a registered account cannot be processed.
The winning ticket number will either be selected automatically by the Highland Vault competition system or drawn live and announced on our website and social media channels.
This competition is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Facebook, Apple, or Google. By entering, participants agree that Facebook, Apple, and Google have no liability and are not responsible for the administration or promotion of this competition.
You can enter this competition up to 399 times.
Once your order has been placed, your ticket number(s) will be randomly allocated and shown on your order confirmation. They will also be emailed to you and available in the My Account area.
The winning ticket number is selected using a random number generator from all valid entries. Winners will be contacted directly.
If all entries sell out earlier than expected, the draw date may be brought forward. Any updates will be published on our website.
