Update Feb 2024 – This article was published 5 years ago on 20 Feb 2024 and at that time both the Hibiki Master’s Select Duty Fee Edition and Hibiki Japanese Harmony were selling for less than RM400 per 0.7ml bottle. Scroll down to the bottom for latest updates in February 2024
I have posted many articles on Japanese whiskies including the prices of Hakushu, Hibiki and Yamazaki in Malaysia, Singapore, Japan and Australia.
Most recent was that my son bought a Hibiki Japanese Harmony Master’s Select from KLIA2 for just RM350! Click on the image below to learn more:
As for the Hibiki Japanese Harmony no age and non airport edition, i.e. without the word Master’s Select, it is selling for more than RM500 at Jaya Grocer and other liquor dealers. Click on the two images below to learn more on prices of Japanese Whiskies:
Click here to learn about prices of Japanese Whisky in Malaysia and Australia and to see my new Japanese Whisky Collection including a first of a kind unboxing a Hibiki 17 Years. 
Hibiki Japanese Harmony No Age Versus Hibiki Japanese Harmony Master’s Select Airport Edition
So you must be wondering if both the Hibiki Japanese Harmony with and without the words Master’s Select are the same? The answer is NO!
The box look similar but with subtle differences. The top cover of the Master’s Select Airport Edition is Blueish Purple whereas the other one is brownish.
As for the design of the bottles, they are exactly the same as far as I am concerned:
How about the taste? Well, to me both taste almost the same and so does Hibiki 17, hahahaha.
HOWEVER, there is a BIG difference in smoothness between the Master’s Select Airport Edition versus the no age Hibiki Japanese Harmony.
The Master’s Select Airport Edition is spicier and therefore not as enjoyable when taken neat or on the rocks. Add water and it makes no difference, hahaha.
Personally for me, it is a waste to enjoy whisky or cognac with water as it dilutes the flavour and aroma – and the reason why we are paying so much money for a good cognac or whisky is purely because we want to enjoy the taste and aroma!
So in conclusion, the Hibiki Master’s Select Edition is pretty easy to get all over the world at airports, therefore you can go waste it anytime over dinner with your friends. However, for the Hibiki Japanese Hibiki no age which is kind of hard to get nowadays, save it for a special occasion 🙂
UPDATE FEBRUARY 2024
As you can see from above, the box and bottle for the Hibiki Master’s Select Harmony and Hibiki Master Select for non duty-free market are exactly the same except for the words “Master’s Select”.
Today a bottle of 700ml Hibiki Japanese Harmony (without the words Master’s Select, i.e. non duty-free edition) is selling for more than RM600 per bottle and some places more than RM1000!!! Google Jaya Grocer Hibiki Japanese Harmony and you will see the price is more than RM1K!!!
Below is the price of the Hibiki Japanese Harmony at Dan Murphy’s in Australia as of Feb 2024 where it is being offered for AUD203 from normal price of AUD289.99.
The last time I bought half a dozen of Hibiki Japanese Harmony was pre-covid at it only cost me AUD149 per bottle. Compare to the retail price of AUD289.99, that’s more than AUD100 per bottle!
And below is the price of the Hibiki Japanese Harmony (once again it is not the duty-free Master’s Select edition) at KrisShop:
I tell you, nowadays it does not make sense to buy the Hibiki Japanese Harmony anymore! Better go get a bottle of Hennessy VSOP which at least has a little but of antioxidants, hahaha.
Having said the above, I was browsing KrisShop for Travelers as I be flying soon with Singapore Airlines….. and to my surprise I can get a bottle of Hibiki Master’s Select Japanese Harmony for less than RM500 after applying the promo code TRAVEL (until April 2024 with minimum SGD220 spending) where I will get 18% discount.
So i ordered 2 bottles of the Hibiki Master’s Select Japanese Harmony 🙂
Above price SGD255.84 is for 2 bottles, therefore each bottle of the Hibiki cost me less than SGD128 or at exchange rate of SGD1 = RM3.55, it cost me just above RM450 per bottle.
Bros and Sis, if you are flying with Singapore Airlines, do check out KrisShop before you fly, month before in actual fact, and when you see a good deal buy it!
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