"Okazu Miso" made with Owase specialties to go with rice, sold by rice store Seko, Mie

[Owase] Misaki Seko (37), who works at Seko Rice Store in Chuo-cho, Owase City, Mie Prefecture, has launched a new product, "Owase no Mon Okazu Miso," as a new rice accompaniment. Using plenty of ingredients that are local to the city, the product was commercialized seven years after it was first conceived. The Okazu Miso is based on rice miso from Kawamura Kojiya (Kihoku-cho), and is blended with "fresh dried bonito," a local food of the East K…