Natto: Japan’s Sticky Fermented Soybean Breakfast

Close up of sticky stringy natto fermented soybeans being lifted with chopsticks over white rice in a traditional Japanese breakfast bowl

Sticky, stringy natto being lifted with chopsticks over warm white rice — Japan’s most polarizing breakfast food. In Japan, one food sparks more debate than any other: Natto. People either love it or hate it. There is no middle ground. Japanese people eat natto as a healthy breakfast almost every day. Foreign tourists, however, often … Read more