Natto, often called "sticky beans," is made from fermented and cooked soybeans. Native to Japanese culture, natto is often ...

Upon discovering the discoloured, fermented beans and tasting them, Minamoto found them surprisingly palatable - and thus, ...

Finding the fermented beans were delicious, the prince, a dedicated Buddhist scholar, helped incorporate natto into shojin-ryori, the plant-based diet of Zen monks. Natto, made by fermenting ...