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miso 味 噌
fermented soya beans paste


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Miso is a paste used for sauces, pickling vegetables or meats and mixing with dashi soup stock to serve as miso soup (misoshiru). There are three types of miso: mamemiso (only made by soya beans), komemiso (soya beans and fermenting rice) and mugimiso (soya beans and barley). In the town of Okazaki, on Hatchô (8th) Street, is the home of Hatchô Miso Company, makers of the most revered miso in all Japan for five centuries. In huge 200-year-old cedar casks the miso does slowly (2 to 3 years) and naturally ferment.



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Hatchô Miso Company Ltd. - office and storage building  (5)
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big miso barrels - Hatchô Miso Company / Okazaki  (2)
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big miso barrels - Hatchô Miso Company / Okazaki  (3)
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big miso barrels - Hatchô Miso Company / Okazaki  (4)
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cedar wood for barrels - Hatchô Miso Company / Okazaki
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cedar wood for barrels - Hatchô Miso Company / Okazaki  (2)
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