Once you cook with a good seasoning, going back is hard, but a store shelf gives you no way to tell which one that is. This site tries them first, so you don't have to guess.

One test decides what gets listed: could you use it for the rest of your life? It has to be available all year, good enough that you won't go back, and something you'd use tomorrow.

To judge that, I visit. I meet the makers, walk through their breweries, and ask why they work the way they do, one prefecture at a time across all 47.

Site

Nihon Chomiryo Tabi

Run by

Taiki Ogawa (sole proprietor)

What I do

Selecting seasonings, writing, and interviewing makers

Coverage

All 47 prefectures / 117 products / 51 articles (as of September 2026)

Contact

[email protected]

Social

@umami_labo・All channels

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