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Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 26, 2021
Top 5: Tokyo’s best udon restaurants
An endless variety of udon can be found anywhere from convenience stores to specialist shops. The perfect quick meal, it's cheap, tasty and often comes with fresh tempura on the side.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 2, 2021
Have you ever heard of the ‘three great noodles of Morioka’?
Known collectively as the “Morioka sandaimen,” each dish features a noodle with distinct cultural roots.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
May 24, 2020
Takashi Omae: Uplifting his community through udon
Noodle chef Takashi Omae on coming up with ramen-udon noodle fusion recipes, how COVID-19 has impacted business and his recent film debut.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 28, 2019
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.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Apr 27, 2019
Aozora Blue: Hand-made udon with a soba inflection
At Aozora Blue, chef Hirofumi Matsui draws on his soba-making experiences to offer an exquisite, handmade udon noodle in an elevated setting.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jan 5, 2019
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.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / JAPANESE KITCHEN
Nov 17, 2018
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).
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Sep 15, 2018
Udon House brings the world to Sanuki udon
Part guesthouse and tour provider and part culture and cooking class, Udon House is a full-immersion experience where guests learn about the Sanuki region where udon noodles were born.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Apr 14, 2018
Kagawa Ippuku: Udon to rival Shikoku's very best
Sometimes you want simple. Sometimes you feel like hunkering down with no-frills, no-fuss food that fills and comforts. Sometimes you need a quick, restorative visit to Kagawa Ippuku in Kanda.
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LIFE / Food & Drink
Jan 27, 2018
Okinawa soba: Noodle of the island king still popular today
Okinawa soba: Noodle of the island king still popular today
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jan 12, 2018
Takamatsu: Udon the key to Shikoku castle town's heart
Come for the gardens, stay for the noodles in Kagawa's capital city.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Gourmet Trails
Oct 21, 2017
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.
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LIFE / Lifestyle / CHILD'S PLAY
Sep 17, 2017
Cooking classes can dish out plenty of culture bites
What's the best thing about exploring Japan with kids? For us, it may be the eating. With two kids born in Tokyo, I can say without doubt that one of our favorite things to do together is cook, eat and talk about Japanese food. One of our children's favorite Japanese meals is also one of the simplest: udon. If you've ever dug into a bowl of these thick and hearty wheat noodles, then you'll know why it has its fans.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / KYOTO RESTAURANTS
Sep 9, 2017
Inakatei: Century-old noodle shop maintains its proud traditions
Inakatei does not look its age. First opened in 1910, or Meiji 43, it's been serving noodles for more than a century. A makeover a few years back gave it a modern Japanese touch: wood finishing and furnishings abound, while the communal table near the open kitchen is filled with vases of flowers all year round. There's a mix of Western-style table seating and floor seating.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / TOKYO FOOD FILE
Jul 15, 2017
Maruka: Shikoku-style 'udon' at its best, if you don't mind the wait
Many of Tokyo's finest restaurants are so hidden away you hardly know they're even there. But there's little chance of missing Maruka. In the unlikely event that you fail to spot the large white noren curtain across the entrance, you won't miss the long line leading up to it.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / OSAKA RESTAURANTS
Jun 24, 2017
Takeuchi Udon Ten: For those who like high volume
Not all udon is created equal. I thought it was just me who was having a hard time, until I surreptitiously looked around and saw that a few other diners were also struggling.
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JAPAN
Apr 25, 2017
Kagawa English-language teachers use poster to spread passion for 'sanuki udon'
A pair of English teachers at a language school in Kagawa Prefecture are promoting sanuki udon noodle bowls, a dish popular in the region, to foreign visitors through a poster explaining the intricacies of dining at local eateries.
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JAPAN
Dec 22, 2016
Japanese 'udon' chain cracks Russian market by catering to local tastes
Japan's biggest udon noodle restaurant chain, Marugame Seimen, has gained a foothold in Russia, overcoming the obstacles to foreign companies that have kept many of its rivals out of the market.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / EARLY START
Nov 4, 2016
Enjoying soba, udon and ramen — for breakfast?
If eating noodles first thing in the morning doesn’t wake you up, the sound of other diners slurping certainly will. Soba buckwheat noodles and udon (chunky white wheat noodles) date back to the Nara (710-794) and Heian (794-1185) periods; ramen was introduced from China in the 1880s.
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LIFE / Food & Drink / FUKUOKA RESTAURANTS
Oct 28, 2016
Udon Taira: Keeping Kyushu's noodle tradition alive
You can't mention "Fukuoka" and "noodles" in the same sentence without thinking of ramen. But long before ramen arrived in Kyushu, the local favorite was udon — chunky white wheat noodles served in a hot dashi broth. No other shop keeps this tradition alive more faithfully than Udon Taira.

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