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This article explores the 1,200-year history and "tenobe" hand-stretching technique of Japanese sōmen, highlighting its role as a delicate summer staple and its regional varieties across Japan.

The Craft of Soba: What the Ratio Reveals A soba noodle is made from two things: buckwheat and water. The question is how much of each, and what that choice costs the craftsperson — and reveals to the person eating. There is a question that a serious soba shop must answer before it opens each morning: what ratio? Th...

The Geography of Soba: How Place Shapes a Noodle Buckwheat grows where rice cannot — in cold highlands, volcanic soils, and mountain villages that have shaped some of Japan's most distinctive regional food cultures. To eat soba is to eat a landscape. Order a bowl of soba in Tokyo and you will receive something quite...