Japanese Cuisine - Soba & Udon

Niigata
Hegi soba
Niigata Soba & Udon

Hegi soba

Niigata Prefecture's representative local dish “hegi soba” is a traditional soba loved mainly in the Uonuma region. By using the seaweed cloth nori (seaweed) as a binder, a uniq...

Wakayama
Ume udon
Wakayama Soba & Udon

Ume udon

Ume udon, known as the local dish of Wakayama Prefecture, is a beautiful, pale pink udon made by kneading in plums, a specialty of Kishu. This dish combines the flavor of Kishu ...

Kumamoto
Horse meat soba
Kumamoto Soba & Udon

Horse meat soba

Horse meat soba is one of the representative local dishes of Kumamoto Prefecture, and is particularly popular in the Aso region. Kumamoto prefecture has the highest horse meat p...

Toyama
Himi udon
Toyama Soba & Udon

Himi udon

Himi udon is a local dish made around Himi in Toyama prefecture, and is counted as one of the “Japan's top three udons” along with Sanuki udon and Inaniwa udon. By using a hand-...

Yamaguchi
Kawara soba
Yamaguchi Soba & Udon

Kawara soba

Kawara soba is a unique style of local cuisine born at Kawatana Onsen in Toyoura Town, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is a gorgeous dish of flavourful tea noodles kn...

Iwate
Morioka cold noodles
Iwate Soba & Udon

Morioka cold noodles

Morioka cold noodles are a cold noodle dish that originated in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, and is a local gourmet created based on traditional cold noodles from the Korean P...

Okinawa
Soki soba
Okinawa Soba & Udon

Soki soba

Soki soba is a local dish of Okinawa, and is a type of Okinawa soba topped by simmering pork ribs (spareribs) in a sweet and spicy way. Soki has been simmered slowly for a long ...

Nagano
Romen
Nagano Soba & Udon

Romen

Romen is a unique local gourmet born in Ina City, Nagano Prefecture, and is a dish made by adding mutton or cabbage to thick steamed Chinese noodles, then stir-frying or adding ...

Yamanashi
Yoshida udon
Yamanashi Soba & Udon

Yoshida udon

"Yoshida Udon" is a traditional dish from Fujiyoshida City in Yamanashi Prefecture, known for its incredibly firm, chewy noodles. The noodles are thick, almost square in shape, ...

Shizuoka
Shiokatsuo udon
Shizuoka Soba & Udon

Shiokatsuo udon

“Shiokatsuo udon” is a flavorful gourmet dish made by sprinkling the traditional preserved food “shiokatsuo” from the Nishiizu region and sprinkled on udon as a topping, making ...

Shimane
Agono yaki
Shimane Soba & Udon

Agono yaki

The name of “no-yaki” originates from the fact that it was baked outside to avoid smoke and hot air, and is said to have been named by Matsudaira Shimi, the lord of Matsue Castl...

Shimane
Izumo soba
Shimane Soba & Udon

Izumo soba

Izumo soba is a food culture representative of the Izumo region. One of the features is that it looks dark compared to common soba. Normally, when making buckwheat flour, the u...