Salad Udon is considered as a healthy summer dish in Japan. You can add any vegetables you like. This dish is super easy to make at home. When I was in Japan, I went to a restaurant to have a similar dish in Summer. However, I can’t go to

Hiyashi Chuka is an easy summer dish in Japan. We can add a lot of summer vegetables like tomatoes and cucumbers into this dish. The sauce has sweet and sour flavors, and cold noodles are very popular to eat in hot weather. Hiyashi Chuka began appearing in the Showa period

“Chasoba” is a kind of soba noodle, usually made of Matcha green tea, soba powder, bread flour and water. It is a very famous local noodle in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan. Shizuoka prefecture is well known as the capital of green tea in Japan. You can simply eat Chasoba with only

“Toshi Koshi Soba” is a Japanese traditional dish which Japanese people normally eat on New Year’s Eve. This custom of eating Soba noodles on New Year’s Eve dates back to the Edo period in Japan. There are a lot of theories why soba is popular on New Year’

Soba noodles are one of the most famous noodles in Japan. Soba noodles are made from buckwheat flour, wheat flour, water and salt. You can eat soba noodles with cold or hot. You can also eat soba noodles with cold Tsuyu (noodle soup) or hot Tsuyu. I will introduce cold

Cold Somen noodles are very popular in summer in Japan. It is served with Yakumi (condiments) like small pieces of green onions and grated ginger or ginger paste. Basically, Japanese people put Yakumi in Tsuyu (Japanese noodle soup), dip Somen noodles in Tsuyu and eat them. I will introduce cold

This is one of the authentic street food and noodles in Japan. If you go to outdoor festivals in Japan, you would see a lot of vendors serve Yakisoba. Yakisoba is made by stir-fried vegetables, meat, noodles, sweet and savory sauce. It is super easy to make and good for

Udon noodles can be cooked in different ways. Yaki in this dish means “stir-fry” in Japanese. I will introduce stir-fried Udon noodles for your variety of dishes. This dish is easy to make and has great savory flavor. Ingredients (2 plates): 200g (a half pound) thin pork 1 onion 1

One of the famous noodles in Japan. There are a lot of Udon restaurants near train stations in Japan. It is very easy to cook and the soup has thick flavor. I normally cook it for lunch. Ingredients (2 bowls): 200g (a half pound) chicken thigh 2 dried shiitake mushrooms