Izakaya Aobadai: Classic soba, new-wave sake and cherry-tree views
It's an excellent sign when the first sight that greets you at a restaurant is a gleaming refrigerator filled with some of the best sake in Japan. When the next thing you see is a room set aside for rolling out and cutting soba ...
From noodles to sushi, Japanese cuisine makes inroads in India
Japanese food favorites such as udon noodles and sushi are gaining a presence in India, where the country's distribution network and tradition-bound food culture present Japanese entrepreneurs with formidable challenges.
Staying cool in the summer heat
Space noodles, chemical-free bug control and hassle-free fireworks viewing — just a few things to help enjoy the summer.
Shuichi Kotani: Taking soba noodles worldwide
From working at McDonald's in Himeji to making noodles for Japanese restaurants in America, Shuichi Kotani has always looked for and taken opportunities.
Men Chirashi: Udon gets the hip, creative treatment
After all the holiday overindulgence, what better way to start a new year than with noodles? They're simple, wholesome, filling and, best of all, cheap. And none more so than the long, white, chunky, chewy wheat noodles known as Sanuki udon. But wait, aren't noodles, ...
A comforting udon noodle recipe for the winter season
Two of the most popular everyday hot udon soups are named after animals that have a special place in Japanese folklore and the Shinto religion: the kitsune (fox) and the tanuki (Japanese raccoon dog).
Sobagami: Soba noodles served with quiet formality
Sobagami is a soba noodle specialist — this you can guess from the name — but it is also an offshoot of the very genteel Ginza Kamiya, a high-end kappō that takes pride in doing things the right way.
Fork hides noodle-slurping sounds
Instant noodle producer Nissin Food Products has created a "noise-canceling" fork to mask the sound of someone exuberantly slurping down a mouthful of noodles. Named "Otohiko," the utensil has been developed in an attempt to disguise the excessive slurping sounds that can be found emanating ...
Six temples, 60 km and countless bowls of Sanuki udon in Kagawa
For foodies, Kagawa can mean just one thing: the prefecture's signature noodles.
'Sanuki udon' restaurants head overseas in bid to be next hit Japanese-style food
Sanuki udon noodle restaurant chains based in Kagawa Prefecture are starting to take their specialty overseas, especially to Asian markets, in hopes of winning local consumers over to a new category of Japanese food. Sanuki udon are thick noodles from Kagawa — Sanuki is the ...
In about-face, Kagawa now says noodle-themed playing cards inspired by love, not sexism
A prefecture known udon wheat flour noodles said Tuesday it has decided to keep a contentious poem printed on a promotional playing card after concluding it manifests the author's love for his wife and the smooth white noodles, and that it is not intended ...
