Little Tokyo's Tsurumaru Udon Honpo is offering DIY udon noodle kits for $5 so you can cook and enjoy Japan's most popular noodles at home.

Udon, the thick wheat-flour noodle usually served in broth or sauce, is the main attraction. In the southern region of Japan where udon was popularized, there are more than 700 udon shops.

Elsewhere, soba noodles are getting steamed and gaining steam, and now there’s this Perennial Plate video, which depicts Shimizu San, a man who’s been hand-making udon noodles the same way for ...

I tried three udon dishes at a special preview meal over the weekend, and all were finely crafted and varied enough in flavor to keep things interesting. There was a lively Washu-Gyu Curry Udon on ...

Kotani makes whole wheat and spinach noodles for the 12 udon noodle dishes on the menu, which remain a work in progress during the restaurant’s recent soft-opening in mid-November.

On Blog Action Day, Japanstyle reported the news [en] that udon (thick wheat-flour noodle) caused water pollution in Kagawa Prefecture (Shikoku Island). According to the post, the problem would be the ...