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Sakurajima at sunrise seen across the water from the ferry

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Oita, in the Kyushu region. On record: Shochu.

Regional context image (photographed in Kagoshima)Photo: The Modern Polymath / CC BY-SA 4.0

REGIONAL CONTEXT

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.

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa
OITAN 33.24°  E 131.61°

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