Japanese distilled drinks

is a Japanese distilled beverage. It is typically distilled from rice, barley, sweet potatoes, buckwheat, or brown sugar, though it is sometimes produced from other ingredients such as chestnut, sesame seeds, potatoes, or even carrots.

thumb|right|A Various brands of awamori displayed in a shop thumb|right|Habushu, a version of awamori bottled with habu vipers