Nagashi Somen is something Sato-san translated as "Japanese floating noodles." Somen are thin, white noodles, and on this case they come out of a pipe floating on a stream of water. You then catch them with your chopsticks, dip them in soy sauce and eat them! It is really, really fun.
I was lucky to get these awesome pictures from her:
This is the Nagashi Somen place. It was really, really nice to have an open-air restaurant. And, this might sound stupid but, the waterfall in the background made it feel like the noodles were coming from the waterfall xD
Right out of that pipe is where the flowing Somen came out of
Accompanying the dish was a roasted, salted fish, some tempura herbs, and the soy sauce.
The fish was especially strange for me since I had never eaten the whole fish like that. It was genius, though
After the Nagashi Somen we went to Azuma Sports Park, where we walked around and saw some traditional Japanese houses in exhibition
Abura zemi (Japanese cicada)
Traditional mochi (rice cake) maker
It was super strange, but we found some crayfish on our excursion. Sato-san explained that crayfish are not really eaten in Japan.
At the end of the day, Nagashi Somen was one of the most awesome eating experiences I've had in Japan!
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