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Hiyashi Ramen
A bowl featuring ice cubes floating in a crisp, clear soy sauce-based soup. As you slurp the noodles, they glide smoothly and coldly down your throat—this is the 'Hiyashi Ramen' born from Yamagata's summer. Its origins lie at Sakaeya Honten, a soba shop in Yamagata City. It is said that the catalyst was a regular customer asking, 'If there is cold soba, why isn't there cold Chinese-style noodles?' Simply chilling warm soup causes the fat to solidify—the first proprietor overcame this hurdle through trial and error, introducing it to the world in the mid-Showa era (1945–1964). The pride of this dish is its unique soup, which retains its deliciousness even when chilled with ice. On days when the heat suppresses your appetite, this bowl goes down effortlessly. Please try it during a Yamagata summer.
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