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The soybean which makes bean paste will come from where?

味噌を作る大豆はどこからくるのでしょう？

As for the soybean used as the materials of commercial bean paste, the imported soybean occupies about 90%.

市販味噌の原料となる大豆は

輸入大豆が９０%近くを占めています。

There are many import places in order of the United States, Brazil, Canada, and China, and it has imported 60% of imported soybeans from the United States as of Heisei 24.

輸入先は、アメリカ、ブラジル、カナダ、中国の順で多く、平成２4年の時点で輸入大豆の６０％はアメリカから輸入しています。

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Do you know what kind of thing is the soybean used for bean paste?

味噌に使われる大豆はどんなものか、ご存知ですか？

Fundamentally, a yellow soybean is used.

A grain is large and the power in which the color of a soybean also thins the color of a navel with slight thinness, and also the skin absorbs water by it is strong.

基本的には黄色の大豆が使われます。

粒が大きくて、皮が薄めで、大豆の色も臍の色も薄め、さらに水を吸う力が強いこと。

The conditions of a soybean that this is used for bean paste.

Conditions are very high!

これが、味噌に使われる大豆の条件。

条件高いですね！

Furthermore, it is said that the suitable soybean differs from tofu, fermented soybeans, and fermented soybeans.

さらには、豆腐、納豆、納豆と、適した大豆は違うそうです。

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Does it know that there is a kind of soybeans?

大豆には種類があるのをご存知ですか？

Although it is an old friend in fermented soybeans, a grained size is different first.

There are nine kinds from the minimum to the maximum.

納豆でおなじみですが、まず、粒の大きさが違います。

極小から極大まで９種類あります。

A color is also as various as yellow, green, black, and red (brown).

色も黄色、緑、黒、赤（褐色）と様々です。

The kind of a soybean called ”Tamahomale” and ”Ooturu” is often used for bean paste.

味噌にはタマホマレやオオツルという大豆の品種がよく使われます。