109. Organic soy sauce 100ml

Organic JAS certified soy sauce brewed in wooden barrels

This organic soy sauce is made from domestically grown organic soybeans and wheat. It has a beautiful clear reddish color, a rich aroma, and a gentle, mellow taste. It is easy to use as a drizzle or in cooking, as it brings out the flavor of the ingredients.

Ingredients: Organic soybeans (domestic, non-GMO), organic wheat (domestic), salt

Shokunin Shoyu No. 109

"Shoyu Kingdom" - A place where you can experience soy sauce with all five senses

Yugeta Soy Sauce is a soy sauce brewery where you can tour the brewery without making a reservation, and where you can enjoy soy sauce with all five senses in soy sauce soft serve ice cream and rice with raw egg.

You can observe the organic storehouse from the snack corner on the second floor. Behind a wall of glass, barrels of soy sauce are lined up, with each moromi mashed for a different period of time showing off its unique character. The ingredients and preparation period for each barrel are also displayed, making it fun to compare them. What's more, if you press a button next to the exhibit, a spotlight will shine on the corresponding barrel. There is also a glass window partway up the stairs leading to the second floor, and if you look through it you can see the wooden barrels. It's a valuable space where you can experience the traditional soy sauce making process right before your eyes.

Made with organic domestic ingredients and matured in wooden barrels

There are very few soy sauces made with organic ingredients. Soy sauce that can be labeled with the "Organic JAS Mark" is required by law and must be certified by a third-party organization. Both the ingredient producer and the manufacturing plant must be certified. However, obtaining "domestic organic ingredients" is extremely difficult. Because the certification standards are so high, there are very few domestically produced soybeans that can be certified as organic by JAS, and most organic soy sauces use ingredients imported from overseas. However, Yugeta Soy Sauce's organic soy sauce uses organic soybeans from Aomori Prefecture. It is made with truly precious ingredients.

It is said that making koji is important in soy sauce production. Furthermore, Yugeta says, "Steaming the soybeans is very important to making good koji." He is both president and chief brewer, and is at the forefront of the process, from steaming the soybeans to making koji. Even when he has an overseas business trip, he sometimes starts steaming the soybeans at 4am, then changes into his suit and heads to the airport.

The soy sauce is brewed in wooden barrels that have been in use since the Meiji era. These barrels are home to over 300 unique strains of bacteria, and the soy sauce is aged slowly for a year in these naturally brewed barrels. The resulting flavor is fragrant, savory, yet gentle and mellow. This is a product of the artisan's handiwork, bringing out the flavor of the ingredients.

For everyday meals

We are often asked in stores, "Which soy sauce is made with carefully selected ingredients, can be used for anything, and is delicious?" One of the products we confidently recommend in such cases is organic soy sauce.

Our organic soy sauce is JAS certified and brewed in wooden barrels. It has a rich aroma and a gentle, mellow flavor, making it safe to use on your daily meals, such as with cold tofu, sashimi, and rice with raw egg.

Of course, the simmered dishes are also delicious.

It has a nice aroma when used as is, but the aroma deepens when heated, making it perfect for comforting simmered dishes. Its light color, even among dark soy sauces, gives dishes a beautiful finish. It's also recommended for ramen.