Brand's products HORAIYA HONTEN

Horaiya Honten was founded in 1904 under the name Horaiya Kojiten. It took its present name in 1906. For over 100 years, our craftsman has been producing koji (malted rice), base ingredient of all his products, first essential ingredient in the traditional Japanese culture of fermented foods.

Some ingredients like sake, miso and amazake are derived from koji. Koji is said to confer many health and beauty benefits. Since then, company has also specialized in making miso and sagohachi (spickles made from amazake or fermented rice) under a strict quality control system that follows the koji making method handed down for over 100 years.)