Clearspring has long-established and close working relationships with the finest producers of traditional Japanese foods.

Over the centuries the Japanese have developed a unique cultural skill of constant refinement and attention to detail in their arts and crafts. This skill applied to food production has created some remarkable Japanese foods.

Clearspring founder, Christopher Dawson, lived in Japan for eighteen years from 1980, during which time he travelled extensively throughout the country, seeking out the finest producers of traditional Japanese foods.

Such was his enthusiasm for the foods he discovered that he set up Clearspring with the aim of introducing people around the world to the delights of hand crafted Japanese foods, maintaining the viability of the producers' age-old techniques and providing economic stability for the local communities.

Each Clearspring Japanese food is made to a centuries-old recipe using techniques that have evolved through generations of skilled craftsmen.