KAMIKI WHISKY
Kamiki’s story takes place in a truly ancient land—one of spiritual and carnal harmony—in the temples of Nara in Japan. Nara holds many temples from the 8th century that imperturbably give the holy capital its power. Omiwa Shrine in Nara is one of Japan’s oldest extant Shinto shrines. It is a tutelary shrine of Japanese alcohol producers. Most well-known alcohol producer families are in Nara and these families have a centuries-old tradition of producing alcohol for Omiwa.
The alcohol produced by these families is served as blessings at Shinto temples. One of the families that produce alcohol for Kamiki is one of the last Samurai families.
Genius side of Kamiki
Kamiki Whisky packaging was designed with a spirit that takes inspiration from Japanese tradition. Kamiki’s logotype has a Samurai’s ‘Katana’ sword in order to honor the Samurai families. The sword looks like a cut-out of the logotype as KA–MI–KI. The name was inspired by beautiful breezes coming from the “Mountain of the God“ so it was named KAMIKI whereby ‘KAMI’ means “GOD” and ‘IKI’ means “BREATH”.