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Sakurajima at sunrise seen across the water from the ferry

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Saga, in the Kyushu region. Producers are still being researched.

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
SAGAN 33.25°  E 130.30°

Producers here are still being researched. We do not display categories that aren't on record.

Geographical Indications

  • GI SagaSAKE · 2021-06-14

SOURCES

  1. 1酒類の地理的表示一覧国税庁 National Tax Agency · Government · accessed 2026-09-26

PHOTO CREDITS

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