NHK : Technically speaking... Miso soup is a Korean food... It's not considered Japanese food... Of course... Of course, there are some Japanese restaurants... They may sell miso soup too... Hahahaha .... It's a soup made with Korean soy sauce/bean paste as the main ingredient... Other ingredients are vegetables... Seafood... Tangsinja (= dried chili peppers)... and tofu... It looks a bit like miso soup... But the flavor ranges from mildly spicy... to very spicy... And miso soup... It's made with kombu... Sliced shibori fish... Miso and three other ingredients... The flavor of the seafood... And the salty flavor from the black beans.. The biggest difference between the two... The biggest difference between the two... is that the miso soup is a bit spicy... And miso soup... It's supposed to be salty~....... NHK : Korean Miso Soup ~ NHK : Japanese Miso Soup... Except for the vegetables... The main ingredient is kombu... That's kelp... Korean... Kombu is less used in Korea~ NHK : Tang Xin Zi that has been chopped~