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【What is Shinshu soba?】 Soba is a representative local food of Nagano Prefecture, so much so that Nagano Prefecture is synonymous with Shinshu soba. Shinshu soba is a generic term for buckwheat noodles generally made in Nagano Prefectu...

【What is Kawara soba?】 Kawara Soba (瓦そば) is a traditional Japanese dish of Shimonoseki City in Yamaguchi Prefecture. Locals make this by placing the cha soba and ingredients on a heated tile and eating it in warm noodle soup. Kawara...

【Introduction to Toshikoshi Soba】 After Christmas Day, everyone is looking forward to the new year to come. Wishing that the new year will be prosperous and will be a great year to look forward to. Even everyone is wishing to forget al...

【INTRODUCTION TO WANKO SOBA】 "Wanko soba" is a local dish of Morioka City and Hanamaki City, Iwate Prefecture. It is a Japanese noodle dish where noodles are in a bowl many times in small quantities, as soon as the consumer finishes th...

【WHAT DOES SOKI SOBA MEANS?】 Soki soba came from the word “Soki” (ソーキ) which means pork spareribs in Okinawa. Soki soba is made by adding Soki meat on top of Okinawa soba. It is a traditional food in Japan and became Japanese food. ...

【What is Izumo Soba?】 Izumo soba is a traditional food in Japan that is a local favorite in the Izumo region of Shimane prefecture. It is a traditional soba noodle of Izumo. People used emergency foods to invent this unique dish. The s...

One of the three big name soba noodles comes from Togakushi Village. Uses home made ground buckwheat flour, it is a traditional experience.

The main characteristic of hegi soba is the seaweed. The hegi soba noodles are a little more slippery and chewy then other soba noodles because of the seaweed. It is called hegi because the wooden tray it is served in is called hegi.