Traditional units of measurement (liquids)

2018-01-08 Sake Specific Terms

Japan has traditionally used their own units of measurement for liquid (such as sake and soy sauce), called Shakkanhou (shakkan method). The measurements are:

shaku(勺):18ml
gou(合):180ml
shou(升)：1800ml
to(斗)：18L
koku(石)：180L

The production scale of a sake brewery is given in koku, with breweries ranging from as little as 100 koku to massive hundreds of thousands of koku. Normally sake is sold either in 4 gou (720ml) or 1 shou (1800ml) bottles.

by Takeshi Itani

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