Goto Tsubaki Distillery Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Kunihiko Kadota, Head Office: Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture) will release a limited quantity of collaboration bottles (three types in total) with Amami Oshima-based painter and picture-book author Miroco Machiko, rolling out successively from Thursday, July 23, 2026.
This collaboration features three label designs by Miroco Machiko depicting the scenery of Goto, each paired with a specially blended selection of botanicals matching its distinct atmosphere, resulting in three limited-edition gins.
The first release, "GOTOGIN Yurameku Katachi — Ibitsuna Hatake," launches on Thursday, July 23. The second release, "GOTOGIN Yurameku Katachi — Tsubaki no Kara," and the third release, "GOTOGIN Yurameku Katachi — Kibinago Ichiya-boshi," will follow in turn starting this fall.
With products offering aromas and flavors never seen before, Goto Tsubaki Distillery continues to expand its base of craft gin fans.
About the GOTOGIN x Miroco Machiko Collaboration Bottles
Volume 1: "Ibitsuna Hatake"
| Product Name | GOTOGIN Yurameku Katachi — Ibitsuna Hatake |
| Category | Spirits (Gin) |
| Alcohol Content | 47% |
| Volume | 500ml |
| Retail Price | ¥6,000 (excluding tax) / ¥6,600 (including tax) |
| With dedicated gift box: ¥6,500 (excluding tax) / ¥7,150 (including tax) | |
| Release Date | Thursday, July 23, 2026 |
Pre-orders began July 3, 2026, at the official online shop.
Following the release date, the product is also planned to be available at select department stores and liquor retailers.
Product Features:
- A limited-quantity product featuring botanicals blended to match the "Ibitsuna Hatake" label, an original design drawn by Miroco Machiko and inspired by the nature of Goto.
- The label depicts a "maruhata" (円畑, circular field), a distinctive field shape found in parts of Goto. These fields are said to have taken their unique round form because farmers cleared camellia groves and plowed the land in a circle around a central stake, guiding cattle around it.
- In addition to the standard 18 botanicals, five Goto-grown ingredients — green bell pepper, cucumber, organic green tea, thyme, and Japanese wild mint — were added for a total of 23 botanicals, expressing the vivid green of the island's circular fields.
- The gift box is also a dedicated design created by Miroco Machiko.
About Miroco Machiko
A painter who depicts living creatures with a free, expansive style, Miroco Machiko has held solo exhibitions both in Japan and abroad. Her picture book The Day the Wolf Flies (Ōkami ga Tobu Hi, East Press) won the Grand Prize at the 18th Japan Picture Book Awards. At the Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB), Me and Yellow (Ore to Kiiro, WAVE Publishing) received the Golden Apple Award, and Kemono no Nioi ga Shite Kita zo (Iwasaki Shoten) received a Golden Plaque. She has received numerous other awards and published many books, including the 41st Iwaya Sazanami Literary Award. She has also created cover art for books and CDs as well as posters. Since 2020, her exhibition "Ikimono-tachi wa Watashi no Kagami" ("Creatures Are My Mirror") has toured art museums nationwide. Feeling a close connection to the movements of nature, she creates works imbued with the presence of the unseen and the flicker of life.
For more details, please visit the Goto Tsubaki Distillery official online shop at https://shop.gotogin.jp/.
