Amami Oshima Shuzo 奄美大島酒造
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Local brewery producing brown sugar shochu in Tatsugo Town, Amami-Oshima. Uses brown sugar wholly produced in Amami-Oshima. Water comes from Jougo River (じょうご川) fed by an aquifer 120 meters underground. Factory tour and gift shop.They sell three shochu brands: Takakura (高倉), Hama-Chidori (浜千鳥乃詩 原酒), and Jougo (じょうご). https://www.jougo.co.jp/
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When you enter the premises, the factory is on the right, and gift shop on the left. Address: 鹿児島県大島郡龍郷町浦1864-2
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Amami Oshima Shuzo shochu factory.
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300-year-old tree named Sharinbai next to the shochu factory. Used for tsumugi fabric dyeing.
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About the old Sharinbai tree.
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Pine tree next to the shochu factory.
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We had a guided tour of the shochu factory.
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Vats
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Packing process. Bottles of shochu being boxed.
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Casks for aging.
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shop
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shop shochu tasting.
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Amami Oshima Shuzo gift shop sells mainly shochu.
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Amami Oshima Shuzo bottles of shochu with a cruise ship label (for visiting cruise ship passengers).
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Confection in the shape of the Amami rabbit (Kuro-usagi). Amami-Oshima, Kagoshima
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