Ingredients: Wheat (imported or domestic (less than 5%)), salt, soybeans, defatted processed soybeans/alcohol, vitamin B1

We want to pursue the creation of interesting products, not the mindset of a long-established company.

"When I was younger, I wanted to move to the city as soon as possible," says President Shinichi Okajima. "But the white soy sauce made in this rural area has come to be used all over Japan, and even overseas. In particular, the soy sauce brewed in wooden barrels tends to color, but it's something that is unique to Yamashin, so I want to continue doing it that way."

"A generation ago, our main customers were chefs from hotels and traditional Japanese restaurants, but recently we've been getting Western chefs and sweets makers using our products too. We don't think of ourselves as a long-established store. Rather, we want all of our staff to work hard so that people think, 'Yamashin is always making interesting things.'"