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A bottle and two cartons of Japanese shōchū

Shōchū is a Japanese alcoholic drink. It is usually around 25% alcohol. Shōchū is made often from barley, rice, or sweet potato. It is made many places in Japan, but started in Kyūshū. People drink it mixed with water, over ice, in cocktails, or straight. Shōchū is different from nihonshu, or sake.

Images for kids

  • Japanese Joka

    Choka: kettle to make hot shōchū

  • Shochu-rakugaki

    Shōchū graffiti at Kōriyama Hachiman shrine. Furigana is shown to the right. It is signed by two carpenters and dated August 11 of the 2nd year of the Eiroku period, i.e. 1559.

  • Woodstill5

    Single Distillation. Wooden pot stills are most often used at smaller distilleries.

  • KitsuchoUnkai

    Soba shōchū. The left hand side of the label promotes it as honkaku shōchū made from black kōji.

  • Shiranami

    One brand of Satsuma shōchū

  • Bottled amami kokuto shochu

    Various bottled Amami kokutō shōchū

  • Kikunotsuyu Awamori

    A bottle of awamori from the Kikunotsuyu distillery of Miyako island, Okinawa

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Shōchū para niños

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