Japanese "Nagashi somen" We enjoyed "Nagashi somen" today. "Nagashi somen" is like floating noodle. First of all, do you guys know somen? Somen is Japanese local noodle.We Japanese eat somen with cold soup called "mentsuyu". Mentsuyu is made from dried bonito. it matches so much to somen. We usually eat somen in summer. Everyone cannot eat anything but somen in Japanese hot summer. "Nagashi somen" is Japanese local culture held in summer. In "Nagashi somen" we put somen on bamboo. Bamboo looks like wood but bamboo has space in inside of it. We use the space to make somen floating. We set half cut bamboo leaning on something. Then one of us puts somen from top of the bamboo and the others by the bamboo catch floating somen and eat. Everyone has a cup of soup in one hand and catches noodle using the other hand. It is so exuding and fun. Let's try it!