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GINZA 豉 KUKI, a Japanese restaurant owned by Hikari Miso Co., Ltd., offers seasonal dishes with the excellence of miso and other ingredients made through traditional Japanese fermentation techniques. The restaurant is pleased to announce the details of its August menu. This month features fine dishes, including a chilled Chawanmushi steamed egg custard featuring the […]

GINZA 豉 KUKI, a Japanese restaurant owned by Hikari Miso Co., Ltd., offers seasonal dishes with the excellence of miso and other ingredients made through traditional Japanese fermentation techniques. The restaurant is pleased to announce the details of its July menu. This month features fine dishes, including a Yuan-style grilled Tachiuo cutlassfish seasoned in a […]

GINZA 豉 KUKI, a Japanese restaurant owned by Hikari Miso Co., Ltd., offers seasonal dishes with the excellence of miso and other ingredients made through traditional Japanese fermentation techniques. The restaurant is pleased to announce the details of its June menu. This month features fine dishes, including grilled Ayu sweetfish with 2 kinds of miso […]

GINZA 豉 KUKI, a Japanese restaurant owned by Hikari Miso Co., Ltd., offers seasonal dishes with the excellence of miso and other ingredients made through traditional Japanese fermentation techniques. The restaurant is pleased to announce the details of its May menu. This month features fine dishes, including a Puree of roasted fresh onion with jellied […]

GINZA 豉 KUKI, a Japanese restaurant, offers seasonal dishes with the excellence of miso and other ingridients of Japanese traditional fermentation technique. The restaurant offers special menu serving Japanese Fukinoto Butterbur harvested in The C.W. Nicol Woodland Trust. The menu is available from April 5. The C.W. Nicol Woodland Trust is located in Shinanomachi, Kamiminochi-gun, Nagano […]

Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. is introducing Mainichi Oishii Wakame Soup 20 Packs, a new addition to the “Great value series of Mainichi Oishii” that is “Great value for everyday enjoyable eating”. The soup will go on sale nationwide in Japan beginning March 1, 2021. Products Fulfilling Demand for Budget-friendly Necessities in Large Quantities Hikari Miso […]

Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. is introducing a new variety for the popular series of Fresh Miso Soup. The product Aosa Seaweed 8 Servings will be available nationwide in Japan beginning on March 1, 2021. The new Aosa Seaweed 8 servings is an instant soup using fresh miso paste mixed with aosa seaweed, also known as […]

A new series of marinades from Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. will go on sale in Japan beginning on March 1, 2021. The series Misoya Master Blend, designed to make cooking more enjoyable with miso, offers two varieties: Lemon Chicken Marinade and Ginger Pork Marinade. Misoya Master Blend – New, Fun Partnership between Miso and Cooking […]

“Daikan” the Coldest Season Sets in around January 20th on the Chinese Calendar in the Ancient Days The Japanese word “Daikan,” also known as Dahan (solar term) in the traditional Asian calendar, begins around January 20th and represents the coldest season of the year. It is said that the coldest Daikan is the best season […]

A brand new noodle soup lineup from Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. will be available at supermarkets and grocery stores in Japan starting September 1, 2020. The Premium Harusame Noodle Soup series will have 80% more harusame (mung bean) noodles (1) and feature three flavors: Egg Drop and Chicken Flavor, Spicy Sesame Miso Flavor, and Scallop […]

A brand new noodle soup lineup from Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. will be on sale at supermarkets and grocery stores in Japan starting September 1, 2020. The Rice Noodle Soup series, featuring Japanese dashi stock, will include three flavor selections: Yuzu Flavored Bonito Dashi, Mekabu and Ago Dashi (root wakame seaweed and flying fish), and […]

A new line of instant soups from Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. that are easy on both the wallet and the environment will go on sale nationwide in Japan beginning July 7, 2020. The new line will include Mainichi Oishii Awase Miso Soup: Wakame and Tofu; Mainichi Oishii Awase Miso Soup: Green Onion and Fried Tofu; […]

A new product line of Kokusan Sozai (Japan Grown Ingredients) Shinshu Koji Miso from Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. will go on sale in markets throughout Japan on June 1, 2020. Products with Domestic Ingredients Perceived as “Safe” in Japan Hikari Miso has long offered additive-free and organic miso to customers all over the world based […]

The HÄRKIS®FINLAND Yasai no Soboro series from Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. won in the health food category of the 2020 Japan Packaging Competition (JPC), an exhibition to acknowledge product packaging excellence sponsored by the Japan Federation of Printing Industries (JFPI). Mission of the Japan Packaging Competition Starting in 1962, the JPC is a competitive exhibition […]

The Koji no Hana Mutenka Organic Miso series from Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. received the Social Products Award of the Social Products Award 2020 sponsored by the Association for the Promotion of Social Products (APSP). About the Social Products Award The Social Products Award, hosted by APSP in Tokyo, sheds light on products that contribute […]

On March 3, 2020, Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. was recognized as a 2020 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Entity (small to mid-size enterprise category) by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)  and Nippon Kenko Kaigi. The Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Entities Recognition Program is designed to honor both large enterprises […]

Control Measures for Coronavirus (COVID-19) To: 　All valued customers and suppliers From: 　 Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. As we are all aware and challenged by the coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, we want to express our commitment to our customers, suppliers, and partners globally, that we at Hikari Miso Co., Ltd., and our subsidiary companies, insist that […]

World No.1 organic miso maker, Hikari Miso, to exhibit Stand at Hall1 / 1-510 Feb. 12-15 World’s top organic miso maker, Hikari Miso, will participate in BIOFACH 2020 in Nuremberg, Germany from Feb. 12-15. BIOFACH is the world’s leading trade fair for organic food and more than 51,000 expected to attend. As a leader in […]

Hikari Miso steps up its commitment to English-speaking and miso-loving consumers Cooking with miso just became super easy for home cooks, chefs and consumers on-the-run. Getting no-fuss and flavorful miso recipes into the hands of home cooks and consumers in English-speaking countries is an objective Japan’s leading miso manufacturer is now officially fulfilling. Hikari Miso […]

Hikari Miso today announced that its Halal-certified “MISO SOUP Wakame” will be available in Japan and other countries by the end of October, 2015. This is the first Halal-certified instant miso soup ever produced in the miso industry. The newly developed “MISO SOUP Wakame” comes in miso paste packaged for individual servings. Mixed in the […]

Renewed Package and Two Additional Varieties Update Hikari Miso’s Flagship Product Hikari Miso announced that its long-selling “Organic Miso” product line has an updated package and added two new varieties to mark its 10th anniversary of organic product sales. The series initially launched in 1995 and quickly gained popularity with four unique varieties: “Red Type,” […]

Instant Soup Series Offers Wide Selection and Convenience for Everyday Meal Hikari Miso announced that four varieties will be added to its “Soup Shokudo” product line and will go on sale in grocery stores and supermarkets across Japan starting mid-March. The latest additions are: two flavors of “Goshurui no Kokumotsu to Genmai wo Oishiku Taberu […]

Low-sodium Miso, Instant Miso Soup, Soup Products Developed Jointly with Nutrition Clinic to Hit Shelves Hikari Miso announced a new low-sodium product line for spring/summer 2015, developed jointly with the Nutrition Clinic, Kagawa Nutrition University. This low-sodium Hikari Miso line of products will go on sale in grocery stores and supermarkets across Japan starting mid-March. […]

Inaugurated “Environmental Technology Center” Aims To Lower Environmental Impact November 18, 2014– Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. completed expansion of its wastewater management system at the Iijima Green Factory in Nagano Prefecture on October 2, 2014. The company also inaugurated “Environmental Technology Center,” a specialized department aimed at reducing the factory’s environmental impact. The third leading […]

Operations Begin Aug. 1 Aiming to Improve Product Quality Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. held an opening ceremony on August 1, 2014 for its new “Hikari Miso Logistics Center” upon construction completion within its Iijima Green Factory grounds in Iijima, Nagano Prefecture. The logistics center was built for the purpose of managing and controlling the quality […]

Company Ensures its Commitment to Environmental Protection with C.W. Nicol July 24, 2014 — Hikari Miso is pleased to announce it received recognition from The C.W. Nicol Afan Woodland Trust (Afan Woodland Trust) for its continuous support in reforestation since 2004 and was presented a letter of recognition on July 14, 2014. On this occasion, […]

Market Share Steadily Increases in the Competitive Organic Miso Segment Hikari Miso announced that its certified organic “Kodawattemasu 750g” has reached number one in sales※1 in the organic miso segment in the past five consecutive years running 2009 to 2013, according to data gathered on KSP-POS※2. In response to this feat, the company will renew […]

Hikari Miso Promotes Shio Koji with Online Sweepstakes Hikari Miso announced today that “Shio Koji,” a traditional Japanese seasoning, is now on sale and can be found in the refrigerated section of Japanese and Asian supermarkets and other select stores. The recent growing interest in fermented goods and its reputation as an all-purpose seasoning has […]

Laura Santtini’s Taste # 5 Nobu Far Eastern Vegetarian Will Showcase Hikari Miso to the World Hikari Miso Co., Ltd. is delighted to announce a global collaboration with world flavor expert Laura Santtini, to supply its premium miso paste as a featured ingredient in the new Far Eastern Vegetarian Recipe of her signature product, Taste […]

Institute to Leverage Technology and Experience in Joint Research with Outside Organizations to Spread the Appeal of Miso Globally On January 5, 2012, Hikari Miso established the Hikari Institute of Fermentation Technology. The institute is headed by Dr. Kunio Onishi, who also serves as a senior managing director of Hikari Miso. The institute was created […]