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A buckwheat field covered in small white flowers

INGREDIENT — そば

White flowers, and soba shochu.

Photo: Toshihiro Matsui / CC BY-SA 3.0

OVERVIEW

Shochu is also made with buckwheat as its main ingredient.

Drinks

    Drinks are grouped by their category's basic ingredients or an officially stated main ingredient.

    SOURCES

    1. 1日本の酒・本格焼酎と泡盛日本酒造組合中央会 Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association · Industry body · accessed 2026-09-26
    1. 1Buckwheat flowers — Toshihiro Matsui · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons