If you are intrigued by the thought of adding an authentic Japanese drink to your table, please seek out your nearest retailer and request them to stock it for you. Takara Sake USA supplies shochu in America to wholesalers who want to offer it to their customers and patrons. Takara has been making shochu since 1864, and today, Takara is the number one shochu maker and seller in Japan. Sake is still more popular than shochu in North America, but many Americans are experiencing shochu for the first time - and it’s gaining in popularity.

As a distilled beverage found in Japan, shochu has become a rising star outside its native country.