10 Traditional Japanese Dishes that you should try

5. Soba (Buckwheat Noodles) and Udon (Wheat Noodles)

Soba is a noodle dish made from buckwheat flour with water and flour, thinly spread and cut into noodles with widths of 1cm-2cm. After boiling the noodles in hot water, it is eaten dipped in cold soup, or by pouring hot soup over it. The soba broth (tsuyu) is typically made from kombu or dried bonito broth, seasoned with soy sauce and mirin, and is crucial for having a delicious soba experience.
Soba is enjoyed hot or cold, making it an ideal dish year-round.

Udon is a unique dish known for its thick noodles, and is a very popular and traditional Japanese dish. The dough is made from flour and salt water that is well-kneaded and cut into noodles. After udon noodles are boiled in hot water, udon is enjoyed in seafood broth soup, or by pouring soup and toppings like tempura on top of it. Like soba, you can savor udon hot or cold. There is no one designated way to eat udon.