“Soba” is very popular Japanese noodle.
Soba’s history is quite long since 16th century. It became popular from Edo period. Soba grow around three months, it is very good emergency food instead of rice when it is bad weather for growing rice. Soba saved for hunger.
Having Soba on New Year’s Eve is wished happiness for fine and long time like shape of soba noodle.
It’s called “Toshi-koshi Soba” means buckwheat noodle eaten on New Year’s Eve.
Fine (thin) and long mean “Things keep going steady efforts” An opposite words are heavy (thick) and short mean “Epicurean-ism. Don’t care steady efforts, just get pleasures.
“Fine (thin) and long” is basic Japanese thought for business, relationship and the life.
It is busiest day for Soba restaurant a year.
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