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Sakurajima at sunrise seen across the water from the ferry

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Volcanic soil and a warm southern island.

Seven prefectures of volcanoes and warm climate, where sweet potato, barley, rice and brown sugar feed a deep-rooted culture of single-distilled shochu.

Photographed in KagoshimaPhoto: The Modern Polymath / CC BY-SA 4.0

PREFECTURES

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa

5 producers on record

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SHOCHU

  1. 01Kirishima Shuzo霧島酒造EST. 1916
  2. 02Sanwa Shurui (iichiko)三和酒類（いいちこ）EST. 1958
  3. 03Takahashi Shuzo (Hakutake)高橋酒造（白岳）EST. 1900
  4. 04Genkai Shuzo玄海酒造EST. 1900
  5. 05Nishi Shuzo西酒造EST. 1845

PHOTO CREDITS

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  1. 1Sakurajima — The Modern Polymath · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons