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Beef bowl ramen! Japan’s number-two gyudon chain gives us incentive to skip trains when traveling

A special menu item only available at special Matsuya branches.

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Shibuya City Office serves up insanely cheap soba noodles, but are they any good?

Seiji checks out the soba scene where government workers and the public can indulge in a bowl of buckwheat noodles for a very reasonable price.

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Japanese restaurant posts nine steps for how you should eat their noodles, but you only need one

Nagano City restaurant’s list has a heartwarming twist.

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Retro vending machine corner is a hidden gem in the Japanese countryside

Step back in time with retro meals from the past but be warned — contents are hot!

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Robot-operated soba stand in Tokyo is too busy for its machine chef to keep up with

A sobering soba experience.

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What does a family restaurant in the middle of nowhere, Hokkaido, serve? We find out

Good eats in this part of the countryside aren’t hard to come by.

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Instant natto soba a suspiciously hot item so we check it out

Is Natto Soba natto what it seems?

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Powering up our instant noodles with Nissin Cup Noodle’s instant tempura and abura-age【Taste Test】

Was it able to fulfill our dreams as much as fill our stomachs?

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What the heck is okame soba?

An obscure noodle dish a lot of Japanese people don’t even know about.

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How to make noodles look restaurant quality in just three seconds

Little-known hack from a soba restaurant pro will give your noodles a professional look every time.

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Kakiage towers and Italian soba? We try out a unique soba restaurant in Tokyo

Is it creative madness, or creative genius?

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

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

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This Tempura Soba Burger has some famous credentials behind its creation

Will these unlikely bedfellows make for an illicit relationship or sublime harmony?

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We find Italian Soba at an Aomori fish market that insisted it’s perfect for the beach

Italian-style Japanese? Or Japanese-style Italian? We just couldn’t decide. 

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Turn around, and you’ll see this Tokyo convenience store is also something else【Taste test】

The delicious, heartwarming tale of Misawa, two great businesses in one spot in Shibuya.

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Japanese vending machine mecca: Around 100 rare retro machines await you at this unusual location

Step back in time with old-school vending machines that dispense unique products in retro packaging.

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We find “Yakushima Soba” on a mysterious menu at a souvenir shop at Yakushima Island’s airport

A slightly bizarre start made for a delicious meal you can only get on this remote southern Japanese island!

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A whole new way to eat katsu: Cold katsu soba【Taste test】

We’ve never met a pork cutlet we didn’t love, but will that streak continue?

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The best soba restaurant on Yakushima island, according to locals

It’s a trek to get to this rural location, but it’s worth it. 

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

‘Tis the season for cold noodles!

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