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East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and ...

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wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...

alcoholic beverage An alcoholic beverage (also called an alcoholic drink, adult beverage, or a drink) is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol that acts as a drug and is produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar. The c ...

. 酒 may refer to: *''Jiu'' or Chinese alcoholic beverages, any alcoholic beverage of China, '' huangjiu'', '' baijiu'', ''

mijiu Mijiu () is a Chinese rice wine made from glutinous rice. It is generally clear in appearance with balanced sweetness and acidity, similar to its Japanese counterpart sake and Korean counterpart cheongju. The alcohol content ranges between 15% a ...

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Sul In the localised Celtic polytheism practised in Great Britain, Sulis was a deity worshiped at the thermal spring of Bath (now in Somerset). She was worshiped by the Romano-British as Sulis Minerva, whose votive objects and inscribed lead tab ...

'' () or any traditional alcoholic beverage of Korea, written with the suffix ''-ju'' (; ). *''

Sake Sake, also spelled saké ( ; also referred to as Japanese rice wine), is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Despite the name ''Japanese rice wine'', sake, and indee ...

'' (''shu''), a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice. *

Omiki is an offering of sake or other alcoholic drinks offered to gods in Japanese Shinto. Sake is often consumed as part of Shinto purification rituals. People drink Omiki with gods to communicate with them and to solicit rich harvests the followin ...

(お神酒), a Japanese ritual offering of Sake **

Miki (Okinawa) ' is a Japanese drink from Amami Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture, areas known for health and longevity. It is an arrangement based on ''omiki'', a beverage used in Shinto rituals and festivals. ''Miki'' is made from fermented r ...

, a non-alcoholic related beverage

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