In nagashi somen, one of Japan’s most delightful summertime food rites, noodles are sent down a bamboo chute ‘waterslide’ and you must catch your meal with your chopsticks. It’s a sunny July day on a ...

Somen are a Japanese summer noodle favorite. The thin noodles are typically enjoyed chilled and then dipped into tsuyu sauce, but they are also sometimes served as nagashi-somen. Nagashi-somen sees ...

KANAZAWA—Close to 900 people suffered from food poisoning after eating at a “nagashi somen” restaurant in Tsubata, Ishikawa Prefecture. Nagashi somen is a practice in which customers use chopsticks to ...

Grab your chopsticks and get ready: you could be left very hungry with nagashi somen if you aren’t nifty Grab your chopsticks and get ready: you could be left very hungry with Nagashi Somen if you ...

'Nagashi Somen', which is a summer tradition, requires long bamboo, a lot of somen, and even 'a person who sheds somen', so it is difficult to do it alone. The new ' Nagashi Somen Pocket ' from Takara ...