Convert shō (升) — the sake-and-rice volume unit — to liters and US quarts.
1 shō = 1.80391 L (1.90617 US qt) / 1 L = 0.554352 shō
| shō | L | US qt |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.80391 | 1.90617 |
| 2 | 3.60781 | 3.81233 |
| 3 | 5.41172 | 5.7185 |
| 5 | 9.01953 | 9.53084 |
| 10 | 18.0391 | 19.0617 |
| 20 | 36.0781 | 38.1233 |
| 30 | 54.1172 | 57.185 |
| 50 | 90.1953 | 95.3084 |
| 100 | 180.391 | 190.617 |
| L | shō |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0.554352 |
| 1.8 | 0.997834 |
| 2 | 1.1087 |
| 3 | 1.66306 |
| 5 | 2.77176 |
| 10 | 5.54352 |
| 18 | 9.97834 |
| 20 | 11.087 |
| 50 | 27.7176 |
Chart values are rounded to 6 significant figures.
One shō (升) is ten gō and equals exactly 2401/1331 of a liter — about 1.80391 L. One liter is about 0.554352 shō.
Using the US liquid quart (one quarter of the 3.785411784 L US gallon), one shō is about 1.90617 US quarts.
A one-shō bottle (isshō-bin, 一升瓶) of sake or rice holds about 1.8 L.
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1 shō = 1.80391 L (about 1.90617 US qt). Going the other way, 1 L = 0.554352 shō. One shō (升) is ten gō and equals exactly 2401/1331 of a liter — about 1.80391 L. One liter is about 0.554352 shō.
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