Yuasa Town: The Birthplace of Soy Sauce | The Asian Food Gazette. | Scoop.it
Soy Sauce is said to have originated in China and then brought over to Japan by a Buddhist monk who settled down in current-day Wakayama Prefecture in 1254. Using the abundance of clear, spring water from the town of Yuasa he began producing a type of miso that he had learned about on his travels th