REGION: Okinawa

Located just outside the Okinawan capital of Naha, they have pioneered a reintroduction of kame clay pots for aging, reviving traditional Okinawan pottery and making the aging vessels themselves. They have also created the Shitsugi method, where younger Awamori is blended into a series of older pots

Launched in 2023 as a collaboration between world-renowned bartender Shingo Gokan and Okinawa’s historic Mizuho Shuzo, Kokuto De Lequio is a range of premium rums and liqueurs produced from kokuto, or Okinawan raw cane sugar.

Taragawa is the largest producer of Awamori on Miyakojima island, with a team of just five producing about 1000 Kiloliters per year. Surrounded by sugarcane fields, the distillery was established in 1948. Taragawa uses the hinekoji method which allows a special black mold to propagate for 3 days, cr