The oldest record of liquor in Japan is described in the section of Japan in Encounters with Eastern Barbarians of "Sanguo Zhi" (History of the Three Kingdoms) (so-called Gishi wajin den) which was written in the third century.
日本に酒が存在することを示す最古の記録は、3世紀に成立した『三国志』東夷伝倭人条（いわゆる魏志倭人伝）の記述に見られる。