Miyagikyo distillery

Miyagikyo

Region: Japan
Location	Nikka 1, Aoba-ku, Sendai city, Miyagi Prefecture, 989-3433
Coordinates	38°18′29″N 140°39′02″E / 38.30806°N 140.65056°E / 38.30806; 140.65056Coordinates: 38°18′29″N 140°39′02″E / 38.30806°N 140.65056°E / 38.30806; 140.65056
Owner	Nikka Whisky Distilling
Founded	1969 (1969)
Status	Active
No. of stills	8 pot stills
Website	Nikka Whisky Distilling

Miyagikyo distillery (Japanese: 宮城峡蒸溜所, Hepburn: Miyagikyō jōryūsho) is a Japanese whisky distillery. It is located near Sendai (仙台市, Sendai-shi), the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture, Tōhoku region, Japan.

The distillery is owned by Nikka Whisky Distilling, and was opened in 1969. Originally known as "Sendai distillery", it was the second to be established by Nikka Whisky, after the company’s Yoichi distillery in Hokkaido.

This article is based upon a translation of the as at May 2014.

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