Background
She was born into a doctor"s family in Kirkintilloch, East Dumbartonshire, which is a suburb of Glasgow.
竹鶴リタ
She was born into a doctor"s family in Kirkintilloch, East Dumbartonshire, which is a suburb of Glasgow.
Masataka Takersuru entered Scotland"s Glasgow University in 1918 to study organic chemistry and applied chemistry. Masataka and Rita then met at the Cowan house. Having expressed his love to Rita, Masataka then revealed to her his wish to help in "making real whisky in Japan".
After marrying, they moved to Japan that same year, and lived for a while in Osaka.
After Masataka opened the distillery in Yoichi in 1934 in Hokkaido, Rita continued to support him devotedly. Rita"s spent many of her last years in Zushi, Kanagawa, as it was both close to Tokyo where Masataka often stayed and convenient for medical care – she suffered from liver disease and tuberculosis.
However, in the autumn of 1960 she returned to Yoichi, and died there in January 1961. Using the inheritance she received from relatives as funds, Rita established the "Rita Nursery".
In Yoichi, there is a "Rita Road".