Soy – They use high quality, non-GMO certified soybeans from domestic fields that they visit regularly to confirm the quality
Water – They use purified water from “Yamanashi water” (directly from Mount Fuji!) to soak the soybeans during the fermentation process.
Food safety – They work according to a very strict 5 pillar system to ensure a clean and safe environment to produce food and reason that the love for natto must be represented even in the production area.
Kamakurayama Natto is a natto specialist that has been producing and selling natto or over 60 years in the famous traditional city Kamakura, where the first samurai government was founded almost a thousand years ago. They use the very best domestic soybeans and keep their ingredients clean and authentic.
They explain the success behind their business and the secret to good natto is “good beans made from good water, by good craftsmen that won’t compromise on anything”.
Kamakurayama Natto have managed to make a name for themselves with the “highly critical” local audience, and their natto are popular as gifts as well as for daily use. They have won several awards over the years for their quality natto.
Kamakurayama Natto suggests the availability of natto has increased over the years, but that many companies solely focus on cheap, mass-produces natto. They remain loyal to traditional production methods, clean ingredients and 1-1 value for each product and each customer.
We are working on making KAMAKURAYAMA's fresh natto available to our international customers. It requires cooled express shipping - a service we do not offer, yet.
KAMAKURAYAMA also runs a small brick and mortar shop that not only sells their own fresh Natto, but also high quality specialties of other small Natto makers.
We therefore start our Natto line-up with products recommended by KAMAKURAYAMA NATTO on hope to bring you their fresh Natto very soon!