now Kagoshima Prefecture, were exiled to the Izu islands. They taught the islands’ residents how to produce shochu. The Izu island chain had a disadvantage in that its soil was not suitable for ...

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ICHIKIKUSHIKINO, Kagoshima — Liquor experts from abroad visited shochu distilleries in Ichikikushikino, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Wednesday. Three experts from China, South Korea, and Taiwan, including ...

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Led by head bartender Massimo Petovello, Mizunara stocks more than 700 Japanese, Scottish, American, and Taiwanese whisky bottles, along with a curated selection of shochu from Kagoshima and sake from ...

Producers are dumping gin, shochu, aquavit, vodka — even liqueurs — into casks. The results can be interesting, to be sure, but do they all serve a purpose? “Barrel aging can completely ...

Dive into Japan’s sweet potato farming tradition, where each harvest of sweet potatoes is a step toward creating high-quality Shochu. Watch as farmers carefully cultivate and harvest the sweet ...