http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/japan-pulse/cool-foods-for-a-chilled-out-summer/ Taking the pulse of trends, trend-watchers and trendmakers in Japan. Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:52:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/japan-pulse/cool-foods-for-a-chilled-out-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-72572 Miko Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:27:45 +0000 http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/japan-pulse/?p=9462#comment-72572 Great article. I’ll never forget my first taste of somen … it wasn’t just a meal, it was a whole sensory experience. By the way, have you ever tried “nagashi somen?” It’s an outdoor summer thing, whereby the somen is piped down a split bamboo (or plastic equivalent) and you have to catch it with your chopsticks, which I found very hard to do! Most Japanese people no longer do this on a regular basis, but are very pleased to have an excuse to demonstrate it to eager somen virgins. Great hilarity usually ensues.

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