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Already known for its skiing, Niseko ups the luxury

Food & Drink Nov 27, 2021

Already known for its skiing, Niseko ups the luxury

by Melinda Joe

Already home to top-notch craft beer and cocktails, new investment sees Niseko becoming even more of a five-star destination.

At Dashin Soan, handmade noodles take pride of place

Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Jun 5, 2021

At Dashin Soan, handmade noodles take pride of place

by Robbie Swinnerton

Expect refined ambience, a selection of elegant appetizers and top-notch soba.

Have you ever heard of the ‘three great noodles of Morioka’?

Food & Drink Jan 2, 2021

Have you ever heard of the ‘three great noodles of Morioka’?

by Louise George Kittaka

Known collectively as the “Morioka sandaimen,” each dish features a noodle with distinct cultural roots.

This is the quintessential Japanese noodle dish you should eat over new year

Food & Drink | JAPANESE KITCHEN Dec 19, 2020

This is the quintessential Japanese noodle dish you should eat over new year

by Makiko Itoh

Toshikoshi soba is a comforting dish best enjoyed slowly, perhaps with some sake, while you quietly plan ahead for a better 2021.

Top 5: Tokyo’s best soba restaurants

Food & Drink Oct 24, 2020

Top 5: Tokyo’s best soba restaurants

by Robbie Swinnerton

Soba noodles are Tokyo’s original fast food, simple and filling. Whether you prefer them hot or cold, here’s five soba shops worth a trek across town.

Izakaya Aobadai: Classic soba, new-wave sake and cherry-tree views

Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Feb 29, 2020

Izakaya Aobadai: Classic soba, new-wave sake and cherry-tree views

by Robbie Swinnerton

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 ...

60% of Japanese eat something special for Christmas, poll finds

National Dec 15, 2019

60% of Japanese eat something special for Christmas, poll finds

A recent Jiji Press survey has shown that 57.4 percent of people in Japan eat something special for Christmas and that about half of such people buy take-out food. The proportion of respondents who said they have a special meal to celebrate Christmas every year ...

Voices | OVERHEARD Dec 7, 2019

The sound of silence

"That guy's eating a bowl of soba without making any sound whatsoever."

Aoyama Kawakami-an: <i>Sobaya</i> that lets its hair down at night

Food & Drink | TOKYO FOOD FILE Jul 20, 2019

Aoyama Kawakami-an: Sobaya that lets its hair down at night

by Robbie Swinnerton

Arrive at Aoyama Kawakami-an at midday and you'll find a typical upmarket noodle shop. But return after nightfall and it has a very different feel.

Aozora Blue: Hand-made <I>udon</I> with a soba inflection

Food & Drink | OSAKA RESTAURANTS Apr 27, 2019

Aozora Blue: Hand-made udon with a soba inflection

by J.J. O'Donoghue

At Aozora Blue, chef Hirofumi Matsui draws on his soba-making experiences to offer an exquisite, handmade udon noodle in an elevated setting.

Shuichi Kotani: Taking soba noodles worldwide

People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Apr 20, 2019

Shuichi Kotani: Taking soba noodles worldwide

by J.J. O'Donoghue

From working at McDonald's in Himeji to making noodles for Japanese restaurants in America, Shuichi Kotani has always looked for and taken opportunities.

High school soba champ shows she's a cut above the rest

Food & Drink Jan 6, 2019

High school soba champ shows she's a cut above the rest

by Junko Horiuchi

Rurika Koike, 18, is a one-of-a-kind champion. She won the all-Japan high school tournament this summer for excellence in the art of making soba. In the annual championship, 154 students from 32 schools from northern to southwestern Japan don caps and white aprons to test ...

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