No Miso:
ʻO ka miso paʻi a me ka pīpī momona he mea nui ia i kaʻaiʻana a Iapana. Hanaʻiaʻo Miso ma ka pīni pīniʻu me ka paʻakai a me ka koji ,ʻo ia nāʻanoʻohi lāʻau e like me ka raiki, ka bale, a me ka pi.
ʻOiai he miko paʻakai pinepine ka miso, hiki keʻono konaʻono a me ka hani ma muli o nā kumuhana he nui, e like me keʻano kumuhana a me ka hana hoʻopunipuni i hoʻohanaʻia i kāna hana. Aia i loko o kaʻanoʻoiaʻiʻo o nāʻano miso likeʻole me nāʻanoʻano'ē aʻe a hiki i kahi leʻaleʻa.
ʻO ka momona momona ka huaʻona- a me ka mineral-waiwai a kiʻekiʻe i loko o ka protein a hoʻohanaʻia i nāʻano hou a me nāʻano kahiko i Iapana.
ʻAno:
Nui nāʻano miso e hiki mai ana mai nā wahi likeʻole i Iapana. Hiki keʻeleʻele aiʻole ka māmā ke kala, aʻo ka hiki keʻono a maikaʻi paha. ʻO nā miso maʻamau o ka mīmū hero (white) miso a me ka mī (aka). ʻO nāʻano keʻokeʻoʻaʻole i keʻokeʻo, akā he'ōmaʻomaʻo keʻokeʻo a heʻono. ʻO nāʻano ulaʻula heʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele a'ōleloʻia he loaʻa nā meaʻaiʻono. ʻO Shinshu miso (ka miso miko i hanaʻia ma ka mokuʻo Shinshu) a me ka inaka miso (barley miso). ʻO Awama miso,ʻo ia nā mea hui likeʻole o nāʻano miso, ua kūʻai nuiʻia ma nā hale kūʻai.
Hoʻohana hoʻohana:
I Iapana, hoʻohanaʻia ka misoʻaʻole wale no ka miiso miso, akā, no ka mālamaʻana i nā iʻa, nā mea kīʻaha, nā ramen, nā pila, a me nā mea hou aʻe.