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The Pantry

The defining ingredients, named to species.


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Chocolate & Confection

  • Coffee — Jamaica Blue Mountain
  • Kinako
  • Kuromitsu
  • Rice Malt Syrup
  • Tea — Gyokuro (Uji)
  • Wasanbon

Dairy & Fermented

  • Nori — Wild Ariake Bay (Saga Prefecture) Wild or first-harvest (ichiban-tsumi) nori from Ar
  • Sakura Cheese

Flour & Baking

  • Agar
  • Shokupan — Japanese Milk Bread

Freeze-Dried & Condiment

  • Fresh-As Miso Flakes
  • Fresh-As Soy Sauce Flakes
  • Fresh-As Yuzu Juice Flakes

Oils & Vinegars

  • 200-Year Kurozu Black Vinegar (Sakamoto Kagoshima) Sakamoto Kurozu
  • Akasu Red Vinegar Premium Various
  • Amazake
  • Artisanal Rayu Chili Oil (Kuki) Kuki
  • Artisan Organic Rice Vinegar (Hiroshima) Various Hiroshima
  • Dashi-Infused Rice Vinegar (Shimanto Domeki) Shimanto Domeki
  • Dried Tofu Skin (Yuba) — Kyoto
  • Iio Jozo Rice Vinegar (Traditional) Iio Jozo
  • Kakuida Black Vinegar (Kagoshima) Kakuida
  • Kito Yuzu EVOO (Tokushima) Ogon no Mura
  • Koji (Aspergillus oryzae) — Fresh Spores
  • Marusho Rice Vinegar (Wakayama) Marusho
  • Mirin — Hon-Mirin (True Fermented)
  • Moromi — Soy Sauce Mash
  • Ponzu (Yuzu-Based Artisanal)
  • Rice Bran Oil — Japanese
  • Shio Koji
  • Tamari — San-J Organic
  • Usukuchi Shoyu — Light Soy
  • Wadaman Dark Roasted Golden Sesame Oil Wadaman
  • White Soy (Shiro Shoyu)

Preserved & Pickled

  • A5 Wagyu — Kobe Beef (Tajima Bloodline)
  • Aged Soy Sauce (Saishikomi Shoyu — Double-Brewed) Yamaroku Shoyu (Shodoshima Island — 150-year-old c
  • Ginkgo Nut
  • Hokkaido Anko Red Bean Paste Various Hokkaido
  • Horikawaya Nomura Miso (Wakayama) Horikawaya Nomura
  • Iriko
  • Katsuobushi (Honkarebushi — Genuine Dried Bonito) Kaneshichi (four generations), Yamaichi, Ninben (T
  • Matcha — Ceremonial Grade (Uji, Kyoto)
  • Mirin — Hon Mirin (Mikawa)
  • Miso — Hatcho Miso (3-Year Aged, Okazaki)
  • Motoi Nori (Ibaraki, Osaka) Motoi
  • Natto
  • Niboshi
  • Nukazuke
  • Organic Kito Yuzu Marmalade Kitomura
  • Organic Ume Plum Paste (Fukami) Fukami
  • Organic White Miso Various
  • Pickled Ginger
  • Pickled Ginger (Gari)
  • Rokko Miso Aka (Red, Hyogo) Rokko Miso
  • Rokko Miso Awase (Hyogo) Rokko Miso
  • Sake — Junmai Daiginjo
  • Shiso (Perilla) — Japanese Fresh Red and Green
  • Shochu — Imo (Sweet Potato)
  • Takuan
  • Tofu
  • Tsukemono
  • Umeboshi
  • Umeboshi Salt-Cured Plums Various
  • Wagyu — Ohmi Beef (Shiga Prefecture)
  • Yuzu Kosho (Yuzu-Chilli Paste) Various Oita artisan producers; Fundokin

Specialty Produce

  • Bamboo Shoot
  • Bottarga di Muggine (Grey Mullet Roe) Ferruccio Ferraris (Cabras, Sardinia) — considered
  • Burdock (Gobo)
  • Candied Yuzu Peel Kankitsu Labo
  • Daikon
  • Enoki — Wild vs Cultivated
  • Gold Leaf (Edible)
  • Haskaps
  • Kabosu
  • Kito Yuzu Pure Juice (Tokushima) Ogon no Mura
  • Lotus Root
  • Maitake (Hen of the Woods)
  • MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)
  • Murakami Syoten Okinawan Brown Sugar (Hateruma Island) Murakami Syoten
  • Myoga
  • Nameko
  • Persimmon — Hachiya (Japanese)
  • Shiitake — Log-Grown Japanese (Donko Grade)
  • Shishito
  • Shishito Pepper
  • Shiso
  • Solar-Dried Seaweed
  • Sudachi
  • Sudachi Juice (Tokushima) Various Tokushima
  • Ume — Japanese Plum
  • Yuba (Fresh Tofu Skin, 2 lbs) Regalis Foods
  • yuzu
  • Yuzu — Fresh Japanese

Rice & Grains

  • Brown Rice
  • Dried Malted Rice (Koji Starter) Various Okayama
  • Inaniwa Udon Noodles (Akita) Various Akita
  • Japanese Akitakomachi
  • Japanese Koshihikari
  • Kuzu
  • Mochi Rice
  • Morino Yoshino Kuzu Starch (Nara) Morino
  • Potato Starch
  • Soba — Togakushi (Nagano Hand-Cut)

Seafood

  • Ankimo — Monkfish Liver
  • Aonori
  • Bluefin Tuna (Hon-Maguro) — Wild Pacific Not a single producer but specific fisheries — Ōma
  • Bonito Flakes — Kezuribushi (Fresh-Shaved)
  • Cod Milt (Shirako)
  • Dashi Kombu — Rishiri Grade
  • Dried Scallop (Conpoy)
  • Ebi — Botan Shrimp (Spot Prawn)
  • Eel — Unagi (Wild Japanese)
  • Fresh Wasabi (Hon-Wasabi) Various small-scale growers in the Izu Peninsula;
  • Gim/Nori — Korean (Roasted Sesame Oil)
  • Hijiki
  • Hokkaido Bafun Uni Regalis Foods
  • Hokkaido Horsehair Crab (Kegani)
  • Ikura (Salmon Roe) — Hokkaido Wild
  • King Crab — Taraba (Red)
  • Kombu — Rausu (Hokkaido)
  • Mentaiko — Spicy Pollock Roe
  • Scallop — Hokkaido Hotate (Wild Diver)
  • Sea Cucumber (Trepang)
  • Sea Grapes (Umibudo)
  • Sea Urchin Roe — Santa Barbara
  • Shako — Mantis Shrimp
  • Shirasu — Whitebait
  • Tasmanian Abalone (Greenlip/Blacklip)
  • Tobiko — Flying Fish Roe
  • Uni (Sea Urchin Roe) — Hokkaido Bafun-Uni Ogawa Uni (Hokkaido), various family-scale harvest
  • Wakame — Wild Sanriku Coast
  • Yellowtail Kingfish (Hiramasa)
  • Zuwaigani — Snow Crab

Seafood — Sashimi Grade

  • Sashimi-Grade Salmon Ora King Salmon

Spices & Seasonings

  • Black Sesame Paste Various
  • Crystallized Soy Sauce Flakes Various
  • Dashi-Infused Koikuchi Soy Sauce (Shimanto Domeki) Shimanto Domeki
  • Dashi Pack — Katsuobushi and Kombu Various
  • Fresh Yuzu (Citrus junos) Kochi Prefecture farmers — the yuzu capital of Jap
  • Furikake — Nori-Sesame-Bonito
  • Gomasio (Sesame Salt)
  • Green Yuzu Kosho Various Japanese
  • Hakata Sea Salt (Ehime) Hakata Salt
  • Horikawaya Nomura Soy Sauce (Wakayama) Horikawaya Nomura
  • Ito Shoten Tamari (Aichi) Ito Shoten
  • Izumo Sansho Pepper (Shimane) Izumo Hachi Sansho
  • Kanzuri Chili Paste — 3 Year Aged Kanzuri
  • Kanzuri Chili Paste — 6 Year Aged Kanzuri
  • Marukin Dashi Base Pack Marukin
  • Matsutake Mushroom (Tricholoma matsutake) Wild-foraged only — Japanese domestic matsutake fr
  • Mentsuyu Noodle Dipping Sauce (Tosenkyo) Tosenkyo
  • Miso Flakes (Freeze-Dried) Fresh As
  • Nitto Jozo White Tamari (Aichi) Nitto Jozo
  • Organic Mirin-Type Seasoning Various
  • Organic Ponzu Sauce (Bando Farm) Bando Farm
  • Premium Cooking Sake Various
  • Shichimi Togarashi — Yagenbori (Tokyo, est. 1625)
  • Shiitake Mushroom Powder Various
  • Soy Sauce Flakes (Freeze-Dried) Fresh As
  • Sudachi Wafu Dashi Pack (Kikka) Kikka
  • Suehiro Usukuchi Soy Sauce (Tatsuno, Hyogo) Suehiro Shoyu
  • Wadaman Roasted Black Sesame Seeds Organic (Osaka) Wadaman
  • Wadaman Roasted White Sesame Seeds Organic Wadaman
  • Yamaki Jozo Organic Soy Sauce (Saitama) Yamaki Jozo
  • Yamamoto Katsunosuke Budo Sansho Yamamoto Katsunosuke
  • Yamatsu Tsujita Shichimi Togarashi Yamatsu Tsujita
  • Yamatsu Tsujita Yuzu Shichimi Togarashi Yamatsu Tsujita
  • Yugeta Koikuchi Soy Sauce (Saitama) Yugeta
  • Yuzu-Coated Roasted Sesame Seeds Various Kochi
  • Yuzu Hot Sauce (Yuzusco) Yuzusco
  • Yuzu Juice Flakes (Freeze-Dried) Fresh As
  • Yuzu Ponzu Sauce (330-Year Brewery) Various

Wagyu & Premium Protein

  • A5 Wagyu — Miyazaki Prefecture (BMS 11-12) Various Miyazaki certified producers — Miyazaki be
  • Chicken Cartilage
  • Kurobuta Pork (Berkshire — Kagoshima) Various Kagoshima Berkshire pig producers
  • Quail — Japanese (Uzura)
  • Wagyu — Matsusaka
  • Wagyu Tallow (Rendered A5 Fat)
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