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Known for its fertile soil, this region is perfect for producing shochu and sake. A vast majority of Japan’s shochu shipments originate from Kyushu, where it is made from many different kinds of local ingredients, such as rice, barley, sweet potato, brown sugar, and buckwheat. For over 140 years, local sake producer Ishikura has brewed beneath its towering red-brick chimney in the heart of Fukuoka