Because people distilled stored rice wine lees and drank it in a festival called Sanaburi held after having finished planting rice, it is also called "Sanaburi Shochu."
貯蔵した酒粕を蒸留し早苗饗（さなぶり）という田植え後のお祭りで飲んだことから、別名「早苗響焼酎」とも呼ばれる。