Odate-based Hanazen will also sell bento meals made with ingredients produced in the prefecture

AKITA--Sweetened edamame paste, made from morning-picked green soy beans in this northern Japan prefecture, is now offered in a convenient tube form that is perfect for bread, rice cakes and dumplings.... The product will be sold mainly in the Kanto, Tohoku and Hokkaido regions.... The new item is one of Imuraya's popular" an topping" series products....