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Noodle dishes are very popular in Japan. But besides many traditional Japanese dishes, there are a lot of dishes which came from different world cuisines.
Among traditionally native dishes from noodles Soba noodles are one of the most popular. This dish is made of buckwheat and wheat flour. Soba are almost as thick as spaghetti. This tasty noodles can be served both cold and hot and with various toppings.
Udon noodles are also popular native Japanese noodles cooked from wheat flour. These ones are thicker than the first ones and can also be served either hot or cold and with various toppings.
Ramen noodles came from China and are cooked in a soup with various toppings. These noodles are one of that many popular dishes that came once from China but have become completely Japanized in the course of time.
Somen are very similar to Udon noodles, they are also cooked from wheat flour, but are much thinner than Udon and Soba. This dish is, as a rule, served cold.
Some noodles, as for example, Chinese style Yakisoba, are fried or deep fried and served with vegetables, meat and ginger.