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🥢 Can You Eat Natto? — A Taste Beyond Taste

A Quiet Invitation to Cultural Resonance

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Nov 03, 2025
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I. The Question that Ferments


“Can you eat Natto?”
It sounds like a question about taste,
but in Japan, it’s closer to a quiet invitation —
to texture, to tolerance, to togetherness.

Because Natto is not necessarily about liking or disliking.

It’s about how far you’re willing to stay present
when something feels unfamiliar, uncertain —
sticky, even strange.


II.…

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