The units of sake to be sold were mostly two goes (180 milliliters/go), five goes or one sho (10 goes/sho) (refer to units of Japanese sake), but it is said that sake of one go was sold in rare local places.
販売する容量はおおかた２合、５合、１升（10合）（参照：日本酒単位）の三種類で、地方によってはごく稀に１合でも売られたという。