Karakara

Karakara (カラカラ): Okinawa's ceramic pouring flask for awamori, wide at the bottom so it doesn't tip over.

Japanese
カラカラ(からから)
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Shochu & awamori

From “How to drink awamori”

Karakara: Okinawa's ceramic pouring flask for awamori, wide and round at the bottom so it doesn't tip over. There are several stories behind the name: one is that some of them rattle ("kara-kara") when shaken.

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