On a late summer evening in 2022, childhood friends Nick and Sagar exchanged a message that would drastically change the next few years of their lives: "Why don't we make a coffee table book about Japanese whisky?"

Since then, the two traveled extensively across all corners of Japan, capturing tens of thousands of photos, and visiting dozens of bars and distilleries. While they had collaborated before, including running a design business in high school, this project is their most ambitious yet.