Brand
Tokinoka
Tokinoka is a Japanese whisky brand linked to White Oak Distillery (Eigashima Shuzo). The range includes blended whiskies typically in 50 cl bottles, with standard versions and 'Black' variants finished in various casks (sherry, sake/shochu, bourbon). The brand is distributed internationally through importers and specialist retailers.
- Akashi · Hyōgo · Japan
- 5 products
The story
Tokinoka is presented on product sheets as a line created by Eigashima Shuzo (White Oak Distillery), a historic Japanese company known for the Akashi and White Oak brands. Although there is no dedicated official website solely for Tokinoka, commercial sources and retailer descriptions indicate that Tokinoka is a blended whisky offering associated with the productions of White Oak Distillery (Eigashima).
Production philosophy
To offer an approachable Japanese whisky that combines the smoothness and aromatic profile typical of the style, with expressions featuring cask finishes that emphasize fruity and spicy notes; the name evokes the idea of the 'scent/odor of time'.
Territory
Japan (linked to White Oak Distillery, Akashi area in Hyōgo prefecture).
Production method
Produced as a blended whisky: assembly of malt and grain whisky components. Some expressions undergo specific cask finishes (sherry, bourbon, sake/shochu, virgin oak).
Ageing
Aged in casks; some expressions are finished in ex-sherry, ex-bourbon, casks related to saké/shochu and new/virgin oak.
Characteristics
- Type
- Brand
- City
- Akashi
- Categories
- whisky
- blended whisky
- Japanese whisky
- whisky with cask finishes
- Raw materials
- malted barley
- cereals (grain whisky components)
- Casks and ageing vessels
- ex-bourbon
- ex-sherry
- sake/shochu cask
- virgin oak
- Representative products
- Whisky Blended Tokinoka Black 50cl - Boxed - Tokinoka
- Whisky Blended Tokinoka Black Sake Cask Finish 50cl - Boxed - Tokinoka
- Whisky Blended Tokinoka Black Sherry Cask Finish 50cl - Boxed - Tokinoka
- Whisky Blended Tokinoka Glass Pack 50cl - Boxed - Tokinoka
- Whisky Tokinoka Blended 40% 50cl - Giftbox
What makes it distinctive
- Blended whisky brand linked to White Oak Distillery (Eigashima Shuzo).
- Range includes Tokinoka and Tokinoka Black versions with sherry and sake/shochu finishes.
- Typical 50 cl bottles, variable strengths (e.g. 40% and 50% for the Black versions).
- The name Tokinoka is interpreted as 'scent/odor of time' in commercial descriptions.