Japan is home to some of the wackiest and weirdest products, including time-saving kitchen gadgets and downright crazy pet accessories. But just when you think you’ve seen it all, another new product ...

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 ...

Takara Tomy Arts has released ' Big Stream Somen Slider Custom ' that allows you to realize ' Nagashi Somen ', which can be said to be a summer tradition, at home. The 'somen slider' designed under ...

In Japan, for every season and every moment there are noodles, called men in Japanese, to match. From hot, delicious ramen, the spicy sesame-ness of tantanmen, cold Korean-style reimen, dipping ...

Last weekend, the chef, DJ, and writer Kiki Kudo and her partner, artist and musician Brian Close, celebrated the launch of their new project with the cult lifestyle brand Everybody.World at their ...

OITA, Japan >> On Oct. 21, Nagashi somen — somen noodles flowing in cold water on bamboo pipes — traveled a distance of 2-1/2 miles, a feat that was formally recognized as a world record in Taketa, ...

Forget ordinary noodles—this is Nagashi Somen, Japan’s most FUN and CHALLENGING way to eat noodles! 🍜🇯🇵 Instead of being served in a bowl, these thin somen noodles rush down a bamboo water slide, ...

I like to imagine this Bandai Noodle-maker/slide helped turn this family from dysfunctional and unhappy, to loving and close-knit. Do you see how much fun they’re having watching their dinner fall ...

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 ...