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Our "Secret" Ingredients

  • Yumi
  • Jun 13, 2023
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jun 18, 2023


The items listed here are mostly specialty/niche products that you won't find in the U.S.



DASHI (Soup Stock)


KELP / SEAWEED

"Rausu" Kelp strips, prepared/flavored kelp

Aimono Konbu Co., Ltd.

Toyama Prefecture

Nori (seaweed sheets), prepared/flavored kelp

Shirai Co., Ltd.

Ishikawa Prefecture

Aosa ("sea lettuce")

Tomizawa Shouten

Tokyo


CONDIMENTS

Miso (2-year aged)

Yamato Soy Sauce and Miso Co., Ltd.

Ishikawa Prefecture

Soy Sauce (raw/unheated)

Shio Koji (fermented rice preparation)

Fermented fish stock, squid stock

Seaweed salt, Flavored salt

Shinkai Shio

Ishikawa Prefecture

Flavored Salt

Echizen Shio

Fukui Prefecture

Salt-cured cherry blossoms

Tomizawa Shouten

Tokyo

Sweet chestnut

Tomizawa Shouten

Tokyo

Fermented chili pepper paste

Kanzuri Co.

Niigata Prefecture


DRIED GOODS / OTHER


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