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 ...

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 ...

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.

Meet the Big Stream Somen Slider Custom Basic (¥7,678), a nagashi somen slide designed to look like an attraction at the Tokyo Summerland water park. Nagashi somen is a Japanese summer tradition ...

The elaborate water slide construction is called nagashi-sōmen and involves participants catching strands of thin noodles with chopsticks as they rush down a bamboo chute atop ice-cold water. It ...

I like to imagine this Bandai Noodle-maker/slide helped turn this family from dysfunctional and unhappy, ... Bandai’s Somen-Making Noodleslide Is the Most Fun You Could Possibly Have With Food ...

People in Japan's western prefecture of Okayama have beaten the sweltering heat by a unique way -- savoring cold noodles ...

Somen is a staple food of summer in Japan.A simple dish of noodles, often chilled with ice cubes, dipped into a cool tsuyu broth and eaten with light, refreshing toppings like green onions and grated ...

The somen noodles did not slide straight down, as I had imagined, but instead flowed in circles. I learned that this style was mainstream in Kagoshima and called "somen nagashi." ...