Yugeta Sakura-Smoked Shoyu (Cherrywood-Smoked Soy Sauce)

Available from Chef Shop when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

210 ml bottle - Sakato, Satama, Japan Yugeta Cherry Smoked Shoyu is a naturally brewed Japanese soy sauce that's been smoked over sakura (cherry blossom) wood, giving it a deep, woodsy smokiness on top of the usual savory umami. It's made by Yugeta Shoyu, a family-run brewery operating since 1923 in Tawame, Saitama Prefecture, just outside Tokyo, now led by fourth-generation craftsman Yohichi Yugeta. The shoyu is fermented and aged for about a year in open pinewood vats, some of which have been