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Green cliffs and reef flats along the Okinawa coast seen from Gushichan Gusuku

AWAMORI DISTILLERY · OKINAWA

忠孝酒造

Regional/category context image — not a photograph of this producerPhoto: Kugel~commonswiki / CC BY-SA 4.0

Type
Awamori Distillery
Location
Okinawa · Tomigusuku
Region
Okinawa
Founded
1949
Official site
www.chuko-awamori.com ↗

03 — RECORD

An awamori distillery in Tomigusuku, Okinawa, founded in 1949 by Chuko Oshiro as the Tomigusuku Shuzo works.

04 — LOCATION / LAND

Regional overview — not producer-specific

Subtropical islands, and time kept in clay jars.

A prefecture of subtropical islands whose awamori culture reaches back to the Ryukyu Kingdom. Black koji, clay jars and long ageing are central to its story.

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa
OKINAWAN 26.21°  E 127.68°

05–07 — INGREDIENTS · WATER · PRODUCTION

General ingredients and processes of awamori. This producer's own water source, ingredients and methods will be added once confirmed from official information.

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Representative drinks

Green cliffs and reef flats along the Okinawa coast seen from Gushichan Gusuku
Photo: Kugel~commonswiki / CC BY-SA 4.0

Tours, shops, opening hours, reservations and tastings change over time, so they are not listed here. Please check the producer's official website for current information.

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Related producers

  1. 01Zuisen Distillery瑞泉酒造EST. 1887
  2. 02Seifuku Shuzo請福酒造EST. 1949
  3. 03Kumejima's Kumesen久米島の久米仙EST. 1949

SOURCES

Last verified 26 September 2026

  1. 1会社案内 | 忠孝酒造株式会社忠孝酒造 · Official · accessed 2026-09-26
  1. 1Okinawa coast — Kugel~commonswiki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons