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Masataka Taketsuru
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 46 years ago |
Born | Takehara |
Hiroshima | |
Japan | |
Date of died | August 29,1979 |
Died | Bunkyo City |
Tokyo | |
Japan | |
Spouse | Rita Taketsuru |
Children | Rima Taketsuru |
Founded | Nikka Whisky Distilling |
Suntory Yamazaki Distillery | |
Known for | Nikka Whisky |
Education | Osaka University |
University of Glasgow | |
Date of birth | January 1,1894 |
Books | On the Production Methods of Pot Still Whisky: Campbeltown, Scotland, May 1920 |
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ID | 983779 |
Masataka Taketsuru Life story
Masataka Taketsuru was a Japanese chemist and businessman. He is known as the founder of Japan's whisky industry and Nikka Whisky Distilling. Born to a family that had owned a sake brewery since 1733, he traveled to Scotland in 1918 to study organic chemistry and distilling.