I need Whiskey recommendation

Hello, a friend of mine is on a trip to Japan and I asked him to buy me Japanese whiskey on his return, but I don't know what to buy and the prices are very expensive I need whiskey recommendations that will not exceed 60 dollars.

So far I have drunk chivas, jack daniles, ballantines, red label, black label whiskeys and I didn't like them, they always tasted too heavy. thank you in advance for your help.