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A shallow white bowl filled with amber-colored mirin

Mirin

Mirin is a sweet alcoholic Japanese seasoning whose main form, hon mirin, is made from glutinous rice, rice kōji, and shōchū or alcohol.

Traditional wooden frontage of a soy sauce brewery in Kyoto

Soy Sauce

Japanese soy sauce, or shōyu, is a fermented liquid seasoning with regional types produced from combinations of soybeans, wheat, salt, water, and koji.

Rows of tall wooden vats inside a traditional miso brewery

Miso

Miso is a Japanese fermented paste made mainly from soybeans, salt, and koji, with regional varieties shaped by grain, proportion, microbes, climate, and ageing.