{"id":2772,"date":"2026-02-18T13:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/?p=2772"},"modified":"2026-02-18T13:44:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:44:28","slug":"soy-sauce-competition-award-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/soy-sauce-competition-award-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Soy Sauce Competition Award Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The 63rd Nagano Prefecture Soy Sauce Competition Award Ceremony<\/strong><br>February 13, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award ceremony for the Nagano Prefecture Soy Sauce Competition, held on January 27, 2026 (Reiwa 8), took place at the 4th-floor auditorium of the Food Technology Division, Nagano Prefecture General Industrial Technology Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From among 21 entries in the <em>koikuchi<\/em> (dark soy sauce) category and 11 entries in the <em>usukuchi<\/em> (light soy sauce) category, the Nagano Prefecture Governor\u2019s Award and Excellence Awards were selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The award-winning producers are as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Koikuchi Category<\/strong><br>Nagano Prefecture Governor\u2019s Award:<br>Marui Shoyu Co., Ltd. (Nakano City)<br>Miharaya Co., Ltd. (Nagano City)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excellence Award:<br>Yamamotoya Koji Shop (Sakuho Town)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Usukuchi Category<\/strong><br>Nagano Prefecture Governor\u2019s Award:<br>Marushou Jozo Co., Ltd. (Matsumoto City)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Excellence Award:<br>Matsuokaya Brewery Co., Ltd. (Iida City)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to all the award recipients!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5371-1024x858.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5371-1024x858.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5371-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5371-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5371-1536x1287.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_5371-2048x1716.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260213\u91a4\u6cb9\u8868\u5f70\u5f0f-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260213\u91a4\u6cb9\u8868\u5f70\u5f0f-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260213\u91a4\u6cb9\u8868\u5f70\u5f0f-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260213\u91a4\u6cb9\u8868\u5f70\u5f0f-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260213\u91a4\u6cb9\u8868\u5f70\u5f0f-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/260213\u91a4\u6cb9\u8868\u5f70\u5f0f-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 63rd Nagano Prefecture Soy Sauce Competition Award CeremonyFebruary 13, 2026 The award ceremony for the Na [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-report"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2772"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2775,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2772\/revisions\/2775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hakkochoju-nagano.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}