Shinshu Mars distillery

Region: Japan
Location	Miyatamura 4752-31, Kamiina, Nagano, 399-4301
Coordinates	35°44′51.4″N 137°54′04.1″E / 35.747611°N 137.901139°E / 35.747611; 137.901139
Owner	Hombo Shuzo Co., Ltd. [ja]
Founded	1985 (1985)
Status	Active
No. of stills	2 pot stills
Mothballed	1992–2011
Website	Website (in Japanese)

Shinshu Mars distillery (Japanese: 信州マルス蒸留所, Hepburn: Shinshu Mars jōryūsho) is a Japanese whisky distillery. Founded in 1985, and mothballed from 1992 to 2011, it is owned by Hombo Shuzo Co., Ltd. [ja], a Japanese "shōchū" maker based in Kagoshima Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan.^[1][2]

The distillery is located at Miyada (宮田村, Miyada-mura), a village in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.^[1][2] At around 800 m (2,600 ft) above sea level,^[2] it is Japan's highest whisky distillery.^[3][4]

• "本坊酒造 信州マルス蒸留所" [Honbo Sake Brewery Shinshu Mars Distillery]. WHISKY Magazine Japan (in Japanese). WHISKY Magazine Japan. 10 September 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
• "Hombo Mars Distillery". WHISKY Magazine Japan. WHISKY Magazine Japan. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2019.