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Noodles (Soba, Udon and Ramen)
		Soba is made with buckwheat noodles, taro root, egg whites etc. Udon is made from wheat dough and it is usually served with a hot soy-sauce flavored broth. You can eat soba and udon at Sobaya (Soba shop), restaurants or "tachigui shop" (stand-up counter) at stations. You have to stand while eating at such a shop but you are served very quickly and cheaper than you eat at restaurants. Ramen is originally comes from the Chinese lao-men, a kind of Chinese noodle. Ramen is the popular Chinese noodle served in Japan and great amount of ramen shops are found throughout Japan. It has soy-sauce based soup (shouyu ramen), salt based soup (shio ramen) and miso based soup (miso ramen). Each rame shop uses individual ingredients and has its own method of making ramen.
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		Popular Soba Kake Soba Simple soba in a hot soy-sauce based broth. Mori Soba After boiling and rinsing in water, arrange soba on the bamboo dish. Dip it in soy-sauce based cold soup and eat. Zaru soba Almost same with mori soba. Only the difference is after being arranged, "kizami nori" thinly sliced dried seaweed are place on the top of soba. Kitsune Soba Soba topped with "abra age" (fried slices of tofu) Tsukimi Soba Soba topped with a raw egg. Ebi-ten Soba Soba topped with prawn tempura Ebi kakiage-ten Soba Soba topped with diced shrimp fried tempura Yasai kakiage-ten Soba Soba topped with diced vegetables tempura Iwanori Soba Soba topped with "Iwanori", kind of seaweeds growing on the rocks. Found in Awa Island Nishin Soba Soba topped with grilled "nishin" (Herring). It is served inHokkaidou area.
		Popular Undon Kake Udon Simple udon in a hot soy-sauce based broth. Kitsune Udon Udon topped with "abra age" (fried slices of tofu) Yamakake Udon Udon topped with grated taro root. Tsukimi Udon Udon topped with a raw egg. Ebi-ten Udon Udon topped with prawn tempura Ebi kakiage-ten Udon Udon topped with diced shrimp fried tempura Yasai kakiage-ten Udon Udon topped with diced vegetables tempura Karei Udon Udon with curry sauce Nabeyaki Udon Udon cooked in a clay pot with meat and vegetables
		Unique Ramen even the Japanese might not know Some ramen shops offer their original unique ramen. Kani ramen Ramen topped with crab. Found Teradomari city, Niigata prefecture Konnyaku ramen Noodle made of Konnyaku. It is quite low calorie and recommended for the persons who are on the diet. Rice ramen Noodle made of rice. It has different taste from usual ramen and is sold at only one place in Niigata prefecture. Kaisou ramen Ramen topped with wakame (kind of seaweeds). Found in Awa Island, Niigata prefecture Gekikara ramen Ramen with very spicy soup 2-hour ramen People coming from all over Japan to eat this ramen. Ingredients are kept secret. It open only between 12:00 noon to 2 pm. Found in Futami city, Sado Island.
		Popular Ramen Shouyu Ramen Ramen flavored with soy-sauce Shio Ramen Ramen flavored with salt Miso Ramen Ramen flavored with miso (soybean paste) Kara-miso Ramen Ramen flavored with spicy miso Wantan-men Ramen with wontons (pork-filled dumplings) Chaashuu-men Ramen topped with slice of barbecued pork Karee Ramen Ramen with curry soup Gomoku Ramen Ramen with five ingredients such as assorted vegetables, seafood and pork or chicken in soup Tenshin-men Ramen topped with egg omelet with crab and onion filling Tantan-men Chinese style noodles in spicy soup Maamaa-men Chinese style noodle with spicy soup Maaboo-men Ramen with tofu in a spicy sauce with ground pork Sutamina Ramen Ramen with stamina ingredients such as liver, egg, meat etc. Sousu yakisoba Fried noodles with Worcestershire sauce Kata yakisoba Deep-fried noodles topped with chopped and stir-fried vegetables. Chanpon-men Nagasaki-style ramen with assorted ingredients in soup. Sapporo ramen Sapporo (Hokkaidou) style ramen. It has three different taste like miso, shio, shouyu. Miso flavor is recommended Kitakata ramen Kitakata (Aizu-wakamatsu city, Fukushima prefecture) style. Hiyashi ramen Ramen with cold soup. It is served during summer.
		Useful words at Ramen shop Bataa (Butter), Koon (Corn), Negi (Leek), Moyashi (Bean sprouts), Wakame (Seaweed) These ingredients can be asked to be topped on the ramen at some ramen shop. Gyoza Pork dumplings Raayu Sesame oil to which red pepper has been added. Zaasai Salty Chinese pickled turnip Koshou Black pepper Naruto Slice of boiled fish paste with pink swirl in the center Memma Processed bamboo shoots