Etsu Pacific Ocean Water Gin is distilled at the Asahikawa Distillery in Hokkaido. In the Meiji Era the island took its present name: Hokkaido, meaning "the road to the North Sea".

This is the premise for the birth of Etsu Pacific Ocean Water, a "road" leading to the Sea of Japan. This expression of Etsu fuses fresh mountain spring water with the water of the Sea of Japan and adds a selection of carefully chosen botanicals, including juniper berries, bitter orange peel, liquorice root, angelica and coriander. Etsu Pacfic Ocean Water Gin, a unique gin that captures the essence of coastal Japan.