Learning More About Nagashi Somen

A Lot of Work Behind the Scene

 

The cold meal isn't exactly like making a 3 minute cup of noodles.

Somebody has to boil them in a big pot of water.

Once they are strained, cold, running water gets them sliding down the bamboo tube.

Hungry customers, are waiting, to grab the noodles with their chopsticks.

They lined up on both sides of this stand-up-sort of outdoor buffet.

Sitting or squatting on the lower end, is acceptable but, not many noodles, make it that far.

If the strainer basket below, fills up, somebody takes it back to the top of the hill.

And, they slide the noodles back down the pipe again.

More Than You'll Ever Need to Know 

 

 

A gal from Los Angeles calls this, The Table Sport of Japanese Nagashi Somen.


Also see The Complete Guide to The Flowing Somen and, learn how to make your own.


If you can find over 800 bamboo poles this size maybe, you could win.

Ide Town, in Japan holds the Guinness World Record for the Longest Nagashi Somen.

They built the thing over 3,000 meters (10,000 ft) long !

A Guinness World Record Event in Naha Okinawa

The Great Naha Tug-O-War (那覇の大綱引き)

Now is the time to start planning if you want to travel to see it.

Some people are the athletic-types and come to pull on the ropes.

Others, like to make videos or, get photos of the action.

Maybe, you'd just like to hangout with a quarter million other folks.


People come from around the globe for the excitement.


Just bump elbows with a few of them if you want to make some new friends.


The tug-o-war takes place Sunday October 13, 2013.


Why not hop on a plane and come on over ?


 Here are some handy links:


Okinawa Night Life


The Otsunahiki Organization


Map It Okinawa



Previously published:


Guinness World Record Tug of War in Okinawa, Japan


The War of the Rope



Naha Tug of War: When East and West Collide


 Photography Tips: How to Shoot the Guinness Tug-O-War 


Guinness World Record Tug-O-War


2011 Naha Tug-O-War Photos

See Okinawa on YAHOO! Voices

Travelers Shouldn't Miss These Events

The Ryukyu Dynasty Parade and Coronation Ceremony take place in late October

through the first week of November.

The good people over at YAHOO! Voices pay me to write travel articles.

So, if you can't come here, you could just go see Okinawa as a virtual traveler.

Get some popcorn and a bunch of beers.  Then invite some friends to go along with you.

Take a look at my recently published article:

Enjoy a Coronation Festival the Ryukyu Island Way

Those lucky enough to already be on the island of Okinawa can do this.

Join the quarter million crowd at the Great Naha Tug-O-War this weekend !

A story about this Guinness World Record event was published at Yahoo, too.

It was a test, to see if I could be a Featured Contributor for international travel.

My assignment was to teach a traveler how to get here from a major international airport.

They would be making a one day trip to some event.

Where to go, what to wear, what to eat and any other 1st hand advice were important.

So, I recommended FamilyMart for food and drinks.  Hah !

There ain't exactly time for five star hotels and steak dinners during these one day affairs.

It got me the Featured Contributor gig because I told it like it is, in my own voice.

That's what yer s'posed ta do for Yahoo! Voices, 'cept I ain't allowed to misspell, or cuss.

So, I don't.

Read: Guinness World Record Tug of War in Okinawa, Japan

RELATED POSTS AND LINKS TO THESE EVENTS:

Okinawa's Guinness Tug-O-War: The Rope (Photos)

 Photography Tips: How to Shoot the Guinness Tug-O-War

 The Naha Tug-of-War 那覇の大綱引き

2011 Naha Okinawa Tug-O-War Photos

Here is an assortment of photos from the 2011 Naha Tug-O-War

The photos above were taken using a

 CANON G12

MANFROTTO TRIPOD

PENTAX K5

Guinness World Record Taco Rice Recipe: Photo Essay

Making World Record Taco Rice is a community effort. You could do what I'm showing in photos on a much smaller scale. Cover your coffee table with plastic wrap and have some friends pitch-in for a Super Bowl Party, maybe. You won't break any Guinness Records but, you won't go hungry either!

The exact measurements you won't get here for a couple of reasons.
1. Somebody will try and break Kin Village's Guinness World Record, for sure. Even if ya waterboard me, I ain't talkin'. I live here.

2. My ears hear things about as well as a rock so, when the speakers blared out "Kilos" I thought they were talking about "Helos" like Mr. Guinness, or somebody was gonna land in a helicopter.

This isn't exactly a Betty Crocker (She still around?) recipe; just estimate how many friends you have coming over and throw in as many kilos as you think it takes and maybe add a few more. Just look at my visual recipe and add the ingredients to suit your taste.

Steamed rice is the first layer. You probably could get by using a putty knife instead of a paddle.

Cover the rice with your favorite blend of meat and  taco sauce. Trowel it over nice and smooth.

Load the next layer up with shredded cheese. Kinda like lasanga but cheddar works best, I think.

Pile on the shredded lettuce and spread it around to cover all the cheese. You could get away without wearing a mask if everyone promises not to sneeze. Hats and cameras are optional.

Fresh tomato slices top the whole thing off. It's ready to eat. You could have the whole thing done before the Super Bowl Pre-Game finishes and enough left after the Super Bowl Party to feed the cleanup crew.

If you really want to try breaking the Guinness World Record for Taco Rice keep checking HERE and find out what it takes to be a winner. They'll even give you an application. Have fun !

NOTE: THIS POST WAS AN ENTRY FOR SHOW ME JAPAN A BLOG ALL JAPAN LOVERS SHOULD FOLLOW !

Guinness World Record: Kin Okinawa: Taco Rice

It's official. This is what the Guinness World Record Certificate looks like.  Today I witnessed the whole event from start to finish. I will be awhile before I'm ready to present the complete story. But, I want to get this online today so everyone can see my hometown Kin Cho in Okinawa, Japan made the largest Taco Rice in the world !

You'll have to give the folks at Guinness a bit-o-time to get back home and post this because they come from the other end of earth where it's still Saturday. When the jetlag is over and it's Monday in the United Kingdom, maybe, you can verify my delicious record HERE.