Habu live on Amami-Oshima island and nearby islands in the south of Kagoshima Prefecture as well as most islands in Okinawa Prefecture. Only a handful of islands are free from poisonous snakes.
A range of different versions of Awamori are sold in Okinawa. One with Habu snake (a species of venomous pit viper native to Okinawa is perhaps the most well-known. habushu "nanto okumanchoja" (c ...