The 2023 release of the US Edition of Ichiros Malt features a new label that fancifully depicts US Commodore Matthew Perrya key figure in the United States rapport with Japan in the 19th centuryenjoying a dram of Ichiros Malt in Washington D.C., surrounded by the cherry blossom trees gifted from former Tokyo Mayor Yukio Ozaki and pioneering chemist Dr. Jokichi Takamine in 1909. The implication is clear: Each release of Ichiros Malt has a rightful place in the ongoing story of Japanese whisky.