The price of sake was also controlled by an official price determined by the government, which led to the appearance of a black market where sake was sold at a real price (a black-market price) independently from the end of the Pacific War to the postwar chaotic times.
酒の値段も、政府のさだめる公定価格によって統制されることになり、このことが太平洋戦争末期から戦後の混乱期にかけて別個に存在する実勢価格（闇値）で取引される素地を、すなわち闇市を作った。