Apart from rice, staples include noodles, such as soba and udon.
Floured crops were then made into noodles such as udon, soba, and pancakes which were eaten by locals.
Noodles (yakisoba, udon) are also used as a topping with fried egg and a generous amount of okonomiyaki sauce.
Various kinds of instant noodles are produced, including ramen, udon, soba, yakisoba, and pasta.
Instead of rice, udon and ramen noodles are recent alternatives.
Udon in a curry-flavoured soup which may also include meat or vegetables.
The noodles are thicker than ramen but thinner than udon.
They could choose several carbohydrates, like noodles, udon etc.