Unlike awamori, which is made from rice, IMUGE was crafted from sweet potato and brown sugar, which were more accessible to the general populace during the Ryukyu Kingdom era. These ingredients were readily available and used by villagers to distill their own alcohol for celebrations and ceremonial occasions, making IMUGE a beloved drink among the masses. However, in the late Meiji period, the government enacted a law prohibiting the local production of homemade spirits, leading to the disappear
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