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We invent ice slurry somen to combat the extreme Japanese summer heat【SoraKitchen】

• Elliot Hale
  Jun 21, 2026
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Although your pre-battle preparations need to start a week in advance.

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• (COK • cooking • food • ice cubes • ice slurry • Japanese food • Japanese summer • mentsuyu • Noodles • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • somen • SoraKitchen • summer • summer food • tsuyu)

Supercomputer noodles bring the magic of Fugaku to the dining table

• Oona McGee
  Aug 21, 2025

The Venn diagram of computer geeks and noodle lovers overlaps in a delicious way.

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• (COK • computers • cool • Felissimo • food • Fugaku • fujitsu • Japanese food • Noodles • RIKEN • SNJO • somen • supercomputer • taste test • weird • weird food)

Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza evolves into a nagashi somen noodle delivery system【Pics】

• SoraNews24
  Apr 11, 2024

A super-effective way to get a taste of Japanese summertime food culture.

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• (anime • COK • food • hiyashi somen • nagashi somen • Noodles • Pokemon • Rayquaza • somen • Takara Tomy Arts • video games)

Mysterious mountain restaurant in Japan whisks us away to another world

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2023

Hidden gem wows us with its atmospheric setting, and its amazing food.

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• (COK • cool • countryside • Egawa Tasuku • food • Japanese countryside • Japanese food • Mountains • Nagasaki • Noodles • restaurants • review • SNJO • somen • tempura • tourism • travel • weird • wow)

Let’s cook up some noodles measuring 3.6 meters (12 feet) in length!【SoraKitchen】

• Master Blaster
  Jul 6, 2023

The noodles pictured above are still folded in half.

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• (Aichi • Anjo • cooking • food • Izumi Te Nagasaki Somen • long noodles • Noodles • somen)

Which noodles, other than Okinawa soba, pair best with Okinawa soba broth?【Taste Test】

• Dale Roll
  Dec 4, 2022

A distinct broth and four types of noodles…which combination will be the best?!

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• (chukamen • COK • food • Noodles • Okinawa • Okinawa soba • ramen • SNJO • soba • somen • SoraKitchen • taste test • udon)

How to eat Japan’s super long noodles【Taste test】

• Oona McGee
  Oct 8, 2022

Devil’s Club noodles are over half the length of an average human, so how the heck do you eat them? 

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• (COK • cool • crazy • food • hiyamugi • Japanese noodles • K. Masami • Noodles • Okayama • SNJO • somen • taste test • travel • udon • weird)

Let’s eat our favorite anime characters’ hair, says Tokyo cafe

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 19, 2022

Who’s got a hankering for hair?

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• (Akihabara • anime • cafes • crazy • food • funny • hair • Noodles • oshi • restaurants • somen • weird)

Eating every kind of cold noodle dish from Family Mart to stave off the summer heat【Taste test】

• Dale Roll
  Aug 10, 2022

‘Tis the season for cold noodles!

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• (COK • cold noodles • convenience store • convenience stores • Family mart • food • hiyashi chuka • hiyashi men • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • soba • somen • taste test • udon)

We take our Mega Las Vegas noodle show on the road and get back to nature

• Master Blaster
  Sep 7, 2021

Ain’t no party like a Big Stream Somen Slider Mega Las Vegas party.

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• (Big Stream Somen Slider Mega Las Vegas • food • nagashi somen • nature • rivers • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • somen • toys • water)

Our reporter devises the best way to beat the summer heat: by eating somen in an outdoor shower

• Dale Roll
  Aug 4, 2021

Go devises his own, completely unique way to enjoy a classic summer meal, and named it: Jibun wo Nagashi Somen.

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• (funny • genius • Go Hatori • hot • Japanese food • Japanese summer • Japanese tradition • nagashi somen • Noodles • somen • summer)

Traditional noodles undergo a cute evolution in Kawaii Company’s new rainbow somen

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 13, 2021

These five flavors of cute and colorful Miwa somen are just in time to brighten up your summer.

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• (cool • cute • Felissimo • food • Kawaii • Kawaii Company • Nara • Noodles • Sebastian Masuda • Senjutei • somen • summer)

Another at-home noodle meal? Then play with your food with Japan’s Big Stream Somen Slider Custom

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2020

Nagashi somen-style dining at home for when your local restaurant and water park are closed.

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• (COK • cool • food • nagashi somen • Noodles • somen • Takara Tomy • weird)

Chill out this summer with a refreshing iced Cup Noodle

• Master Blaster
  Jun 15, 2017

If you can’t stand the heat, then get out a delicious-looking Cup Noodle Somen.

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• (Cup Noodle • food • ramen • somen • summer)

To eat or to play? Do both with a somen noodle slider from Japan!

• Richard Simmonds
  May 9, 2017

No need to resolve the timeless dilemma when meal-time comes, as you can do both at the same time, and all in the comfort of your own home!

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• (cool • food • Noodles • slide • somen • toys)

Why’s Mr. Sato in a river with his shirt off? To eat delicious Japanese noodles, of course!【Vid】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 14, 2016

Is this the makings of a great meal in the great outdoors, or another one of Mr. Sato’s too-crazy-for-his-own-good schemes?

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• (food • funny • Mr. Sato • nagashi somen • Noodles • somen • video • werid)

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  9. This beautiful rural Japan river is a great alternative to touristy summer retreats [Photos]
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  1. Tokyo subway installing new ticket gates that don’t accept payment through Suica or other IC cards
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