Yuasa Soy Sauce - Nama Ippon Black Beans

Yuasa in Arida District, Wakayama Prefecture, is known as the origin of soy sauce. “Yuasa Soy Sauce - Nama Ippon Black Beans” is a dark soy sauce made by Yuasa Soy Sauce Co., Ltd., which was established here in 2002. Through its encounter with “Qimin Yaoshu”, the oldest cookbook in the world that currently exists, it combined a manufacturing method from 1500 years ago with the traditional method of making Yuasa soy sauce to give birth to this soy sauce. Nama Ippon means that nothing has been mixed with it. It is prepared in the intensely cold winter and allowed to ferment thoroughly for about two years in a natural cedar barrel to become a dense soy sauce with a rich fragrance and deep flavor. Even though it is simply taken from the cedar barrel and nothing has been added to it, the natural umami and sweetness of black beans give it a mellow and deep flavor. It is a soy sauce with a color resembling wine and a fragrance and umami that fills the mouth immediately. It is perfect for sauces in meat dishes, sashimi, boiled tofu, ohitashi, and so on. It is also delicious when eaten with grilled mochi.