Best-selling Japanese author reveals his love for Scotch

[Quaich1]

"Best-selling Japanese author Haruki Murakami reveals his love for Scotch whisky"

http://www.scotlandnow.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/food-drink/best-selling-japanese-author-haruki-murakami-4104516
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[William]

Hi Murray,

There is some more info on Rita Taketsuru and her husband Masataka Taketsuru here:

www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/nikkawhisky.htm
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[Quaich1]

[Alexppp]

If you read practically any Murakami book (and I'm a big fan) it's clear he loves whisky. From characters drinking Chivas Regal (I forget in which book) to the grotesque Johnnie Walker character in 'Kafka on the Shore', his work abounds with whisky references.