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The is a traditional Japanese unit of area and volume. It expresses a tenth of a particular quantity. As a unit expressing area, one gō is equivalent to a tenth of a bu or tsubo. This is approximately equal to 0.3306 m². As a unit expressing volume, one gō is equivalent to a tenth of a shō. This is approximately equal to 0.1809 liters. Although it is no longer used officially, rice and sake are often measured in ''gō''. For example, rice cookers come with a 1 ''gō'' (180ml) measuring cup used to indicate the serving size for one person. As a rule of thumb, one ''gō'' is equivalent to about 150 grams of Japanese short grain rice. A ''gō'' is 1/1000 of a ''koku'', the base unit which was historically defined as the amount of rice needed to feed one person for a year. It is a very old unit of measurement and recently there has been some attempts of revival which have met with success; several more things are now being measured in ''gō'' like traditional Japanese fish (especially the dangerous Fugu) and several restaurants have re-instated it as part of a more traditional way of viewing the country's culture. The Japanese gō is distinct from the Chinese unit gě, although both are written with the same character. The gě is also a unit of volume, but its size is a tenth of a peck, or roughly 0.881 liters. == References == * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gō (unit)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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