Some 750 years ago, a Japanese priest arrived in Yuasa after a trip to China, bringing with him a newfound skill for making miso (soybean paste).

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Since October, the list of products that has entered the country from Japan included soybean curd, dried noodles, boiled mushrooms, radish paste, cooking sauces, roasted seaweed, flavouring extracts, tea bags, wheat flour, food additives and tofu.

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