{"id":30343,"date":"2019-03-19T13:33:20","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T05:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/?p=30343"},"modified":"2019-05-04T12:47:23","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T04:47:23","slug":"japan-travel-tosenkyo-the-birthplace-of-flowing-noodles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/cuisines\/japanese\/japan-travel-tosenkyo-the-birthplace-of-flowing-noodles\/","title":{"rendered":"JAPAN TRAVEL: Tosenkyo, the Birthplace of Flowing Noodles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JAPAN TRAVEL: Tosenkyo | Philippine Primer Travels\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1DGQIaOHy-I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">One of the must-try dishes in Kagoshima\u2019s local cuisine is the summer-favorite Nagashi Somen, a unique Japanese noodle dish. Unlike other ordinary noodle dishes, Nagashi Somen is quite popular because of the way it is served&#8211;by catching the noodles from running water.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30347\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-entrance-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-entrance.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-entrance-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-entrance-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-entrance-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Tosenkyo<\/strong>, a restaurant in Ibusuki City, is known to be the birthplace of nagashi somen (flowing noodles) in Japan. Although often visited by many tourists during summer, the restaurant is open all year to serve these famous flowing noodles.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30346\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/somen-nagashi-tosenkyo-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/somen-nagashi-tosenkyo.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/somen-nagashi-tosenkyo-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/somen-nagashi-tosenkyo-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/somen-nagashi-tosenkyo-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>The water in Tosenkyo is recognized as one of the 100 exquisite and well-conserved waters by the Ministry of Environment in Japan.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30350\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-kagoshima-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-kagoshima.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-kagoshima-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-kagoshima-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-kagoshima-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The way to eat nagashi somen is fairly challenging as it involves catching the somen in running water. In Tosenkyo, they use a circular tray filled with 13\u00b0c natural spring water, with a basket of somen noodles on the middle. The noodles are then placed in the running water, and diners will have to catch the noodles by using chopsticks. To eat the somen, it is dipped in cold broth and is usually served in a set meal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30351\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-somen-nagashi-ibusuki-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Set Meal B (\u00a51,340): Somen noodles, grilled trout with salt, koikoku (miso soup with sliced carp, and onigiri <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The taste of nagashi somen is very refreshing and it has a light flavor, which is why it usually served in summer. If you wish to have somen noodles during winter, Tosenkyo offers hot dishes too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30352\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-somen-nagashi-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-somen-nagashi.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-somen-nagashi-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-somen-nagashi-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-somen-nagashi-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30348\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-ibusuki-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-ibusuki.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-ibusuki-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-ibusuki-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-ibusuki-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-30349\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-kagoshima-prefecture-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-kagoshima-prefecture.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-kagoshima-prefecture-290x218.jpg 290w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-kagoshima-prefecture-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/03\/tosenkyo-kagoshima-prefecture-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Tosenkyo is an open-air restaurant that can accommodate large groups, making it ideal when dining out in summer. Reservations are highly-recommended prior to your visit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to get here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By bus: Take the Kagoshima Kotsu Line bus bound for Kaimon Station \u2013 Higashi Okawa. Get off at the Tosenkyo bus stop.<br \/>\nBy car: From JR Ibusuki Station, it is a 25-minute drive.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>This first appeared in Philippine Primer magazine Vol. 36-March 2019 issue.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tosenkyo, a restaurant in Ibusuki City, is known to be the birthplace of nagashi somen (flowing noodles) in Japan. Although often visited by many tourists during summer, the restaurant is open all year to serve these famous flowing noodles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":30351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,2362,735,3126],"tags":[501,3075,3131,3206,3207,3205],"class_list":["post-30343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese","category-japan","category-feature-of-month","category-kagoshima-restaurant-2019","tag-japan","tag-japan-travel","tag-kagoshima","tag-kagoshima-restaurants","tag-nagashi-somen","tag-tosenkyo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30343"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31227,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30343\/revisions\/31227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}