Udon, a Japanese noodle

This is Udon, a kind of Japanese noodle made from flour, with shrimp Tempura. Shrimp Tempura is the most popular food for Udon. We can eat it at standing bars, attached with stations. Many stations have such standing bar and we can also eat Soba, a kind of noodle made from buckwheat.

By the way, Udon in western Japan, including Kyoto and Osaka, differs from the one in eastern Japan, including Tokyo. The difference of the taste mainly comes from the difference of Dashi, soup stock. The soup stock in eastern Japan is mainly extracted from dried kelp or dried small fish; the one in western Japan is boiled and dried bonito fish. By the way, Ben, Nelson Daily Photo, know much better about Daishi and miso soup.

As is very interesting, people in Tokyo also like Udon in eastern way very much but many people in Osaka or Kyoto don't like the one in western way.

Most people in Japan said that most of foods in western Japan tend to be more delicious than those in eastern. I partly agree with this and prefer Udon in western Japan way.