How I started

When I was 18, I had surgery to remove my ovary and cut a few inches of my small intestines.
It was a major open abdominal surgery because my cyst was big.

Since then, I have had repeated intestinal blockages which is awfully painful.
I had to learn to pay attention what and how I eat, and to liteten to my body closely.

This is what led me to start eating fermented foods.

At one point, I felt that fermented foods doesn’t suit me.
Even though I was eating lots of fermented foods, I had another intestinal blockage...

I was feeling hopeless and wondering why... so I went to see adoctor.
She told me that "Your stomach doesn’t like fiber."

Ha！
At that moment, I felt hope.

I used to only eat Nukazuke(pickled vegetables) and kimchi, but now I actively eat miso soup with softly boiled vegetables, Amazake, meat and fish marinated in shio koji, and yogurt.

When I eat raw vegetables, I try to chew them well to avoid putting strain on my intestines.

Then… I slowly started to dig into ​​"koji" .

Satomi