Toki means time in Japanese. A vivid blend of whiskies from Suntory's Hakushu, Yamazaki, and Chita distilleries, Suntory Whisky Toki™ features the quintessential characteristics of a Suntory Whisky blend: exquisite balance, harmony, and oneness. At the same time, its unique pairing of Hakushu® American white oak cask malt whisky with Chita heavy-type grain whisky overturns the traditional hierarchy between malt and grain.
Awards: Gold Medal - San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2020
What is it?
means Tok
Tok Tik? Seems like a great name for a app.
Nooooo, not kot kit, tik tok aha
It seems odd there's no age statement on this then.
If you can't say something nice, then don't say anything at all ;)
Not all suntory or whisky in general have age statement. Look at Hibiki Harmony, Master Select, Yamazaki Distillery just to name a few
Never ask a girl for her age
Nothing. But it means ‘only’ in Lithuanian..
You did so well with your last comment about byte and here you are again @jv!
It's the balancing nature of the universe at work…
I know what tok means. Does me user name check out ?
You'd end up better off getting this for $58 with free shipping at first choice with the 20% cashback (4-6pm today)
https://www.firstchoiceliquor.com.au/spirits/suntory-toki-bl…
$58 is before Cashback
Thank you for recommendation
Good for the price, but if you are after flavour i'd get a naked grouse instead of this.
naked grouse has been my go to ever since their relaunch, it's a great drop. Better choice than TOKI, Chivas, Dimple, Monkey Shoulder, etc and way cheaper than Teeling.
It's a great drop, but it's odd to compare against completely different flavour profiles. Different strokes and all that..
I dunno Monkey shoulder is pretty amazing for a blend.
Not many cheap blends that are drinkable neat (or just soda).
I believe this was Akira Kurosawa's drink of choice
How's that possible, Toki is new isn't it.
LOL at Dan Murphy's translation:
季 actually means "Season" in both Japanese and Chinese. Not "Time".
Toki (time) is printed on the bottle, in romaji. They're allowed to have the kanji for season and word for time on the same bottle without it being a mistranslation.
Not really.. It's kinda like calling your brand "Apple" in English and translating to Japanese as "Peach" or something. Extreme example.. but its true
It’s a homonym (in Roman script) but it’s clearly the word for season. It’s also the character for kigo, which is the word indicating the season in haiku. bchliu is correct.
You are right, though please see below
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the-meaning-of/japanese-wo…
It's literally quoted by Suntory. Are you saying Suntory is wrong?
It's somewhere in between. This is a brand name, and 季 is not usually read as とき (toki - meaning time).
In Japanese poetry/literature/pop songs it's a common technique to pair a common word reading with an unusual kanji, even one with a different reading and meaning to add some kind of extra nuance. Here they're trying to get both "time" and "season" into the Japanese name. This is a pretty cool thing to do in Japanese.
It's less common in English, but it's something like reading a heart symbol as "love" or the name of the band ∆ (aka alt-J).
So when Suntory's ad copy (not Dan's) says "Toki means time in Japanese" they're not wrong. It does mean "time", they're just not including the nuance that in this case it's written with the symbol for "season".
Let the good Tokis roll
Decent for highball, wouldn't recommend neat.
Agreed, sucks as neat but pretty good for a cheap highball.
My brother and I grabbed a bottle of this the other week as it was on special. We loved it. (Had it with just a finger of water)
It is a bit sweet compared to your usual whiskey, but after drinking Ardberg, anything else tastes like pure glucose syrup.
Worth trying for something different. A nice drop.
For relaxing times, make it Suntory time
just came here looking for this comment
I always thought Suntory was a fictional name. Trust Ozbargain to set me straight.
カット カット カット
For those wondering, it's the katakana for 'katto-katto-katto!' (cut cut cut!) when the director gets annoyed at Bill Murray's character (I can't remember his name, argh!)
It's Bob, Bob Harris
that translation is not lost on me
For relaxing times make it Toki time
Further to above comment
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/550291
First Choice Liquor has this for $58 minus 20% cashback and 'FREEDEL50' code for free shipping.
Got it + Balvenie 12 delivered. Thanks!
MORE INTENSITY!!!
They should just put Bill Murray's face on the bottle
This is odd.
Suntory Toki at this price is actually cheaper than it is sold in Japan Online shops. Many shop list Toki at ~7700 Yen (~AUD $100) in Rakuten.
At the price let me try one.
Can't go wrong for highball anyway.
BTW Chita's Rakuten price is only ~4200 Yen but it fetches a much higher price here…
That's because when sold in Japan it's a reverse import. The Rakuten listing (in Japanese at least) specifically mentions that Toki is an export-only blend. It's not even listed on Suntory's Japanese website!
Lost in translation.
It's Suntory time.
For relaxing time, make it Suntory time.
CUT-OH CUT-OH CUT-OH
jv on 08/07/2020 - 14:38 Comment score below threshold.