PLACE

Shochu regions of Japan: a map from Okinawa to Tokyo's islands

A history of shochu, from Ryukyu to the world

Beyond the big four: soba, chestnut, sake lees and more

Awamori: Okinawa's black-koji spirit and its kusu

Kokuto shochu: brown sugar spirit of the Amami islands

Kome shochu: rice, and the Kuma valley