I am at the Granada Market, the neighborhood mom-and-pop grocery in West Los Angeles where I get my Japanese staples. The fish counter looks cheerful with roses and dahlias from the owner’s garden in ...

Don’t freak out, but are you having trouble remembering things? Sweet cripes on toast, how many times a day do I lose my cellphone? And names — don’t get me started. My awesome daughter has a friend I ...

The classic way to eat somen is with a cold soy- and mirin-based dipping sauce, and an assortment of herbs and condiments Japanese call yakumi — ginger, wasabi, chopped scallions, chives, myoga (a ...

It’s something longevity expert Dan Buettner, who discovered the five Blue Zones (places where people regularly live to be over 100 years old in good health), saw first-hand in Okinawa, Japan. In this ...

An ocean salad served two ways — one with cold somen, the other with soft tofu — on Aug. 3 in Honolulu. In a pot, bring 5 cups of water to a boil. Add salt and cook noodles until tender, about 3 ...

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 Taketa, ...

Don’t freak out, but are you having trouble remembering things? Sweet cripes on toast, how many times a day do I lose my cellphone? And names — don’t get me started. My awesome daughter has a friend I ...

You can use somen in pretty much any preparation and, like soba, they’re popular cold with a dipping sauce. Perhaps you’ve seen videos of those restaurants where little knots of somen noodles reach ...