While ramen, with its bold broth, shines as the star of Japanese noodles in America, gentle, subtle soba is starting to make inroads. The buckwheat flour noodles, usually about the size of spaghetti, ...

Toward Honshu’s southern tip, Japan’s largest island narrows, yet the landscape remains as dramatic as ever. Down here, the Setouchi region is a tapestry of hazy hills, palm-lined coast, and ...

Slurping soba while wearing a white shirt is a dangerous game to play. But somehow, I emerged from Sora Soba Dining, a new San Francisco Japantown restaurant from the team behind Hinodeya Ramen Bar, ...

Reporter Seiji Nakazawa is a serious soba noodle fan. In particular, he’s made it a goal in life to eat at as many different stand-and-eat soba restaurants as he can, keeping thorough records of his ...

Soba might be the best transitional autumn meal. Days are still warm, and soba noodles dipped into a cooling, zingy broth make a refreshing lunch. Cooler nights are perfect for a steaming bowl of soba ...

Discover how soba, Japan’s buckwheat noodle, blends tradition with science by delivering unique bioactive compounds that support heart health, digestion, and modern gluten-free diets. Soba is a ...

This video shows how to make zaru soba, chilled buckwheat noodles served with a dipping sauce. It includes preparing the dashi-based sauce, cooking and cooling the noodles, and serving them with ...

On Kawara was part of a cohort of 20th century conceptual artists, including his friends Sol LeWitt and Carl Andre, who adopted a minimalist visual language that left a great deal of room for ...

SUNDAY May 5 was cold enough for one to wear the heaviest jacket at their disposal. Temperatures have gone down in the past days since the winter season settled in. And for Alexio Kawara, dressed in a ...