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Rising buckwheat price pressures soba shops

TOKYO, Japan - Soba noodles are served at "Chitosean" in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2014. Soba noodle shops are facing difficulties due to the skyrocketing price of buckwheat, mainly imported from China, caused by a lean harvest and weak yen.

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Soaring buckwheat price hits soba shops

TOKYO, Japan - Soba noodles are prepared at "Chitosean" in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2014. Soba noodle shops are facing difficulties due to the skyrocketing price of buckwheat, mainly imported from China, caused by lean harvest and weak yen.

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'Kanda Yabu Soba' shop to reopen on Oct. 20

TOKYO, Japan - Newly rebuilt "Kanda Yabu Soba" -- a buckwheat noodles shop in Tokyo -- is shown on Oct. 6, 2014. It will open on Oct. 20 at the same location following the completion of the rebuilding of the traditional shop after it was hit by fire in February 2013.

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Bowl with face of mascot of Iwate Pref.

MORIOKA, Japan - A woman holds a bowl with the face of one of the five "Wanko Kyodai" (wanko siblings), which are mascots of Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, at a noodle restaurant in Morioka in this undated photo. Wanko soba, or buckwheat noodles served in small bowls, is a specialty of Iwate.

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HANDMADE "SOBA"

HANDMADE "SOBA"==Date:Feb, 1980, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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A family eating noodles

This seems too big to be real soba (buckwheat noodles). The photograph depicts a fashionable scene from Edo culture. The man in front of the brazier has a topknot, indicating that the tide of Westernization had still not reached this family.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number96‐1‐0]

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A soba restaurant

The photograph captures the scene of a man about to enjoy a meal of buckwheat noodles in the bowls lined up. Two women are standing in the rear, holding soup and spices for the noodles.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number51‐4‐0]

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'Kanda Yabu Soba' shop to reopen on Oct. 20

TOKYO, Japan - Newly rebuilt "Kanda Yabu Soba" -- a buckwheat noodles shop in Tokyo -- is shown on Oct. 6, 2014. It will open on Oct. 20 at the same location following the completion of the rebuilding of the traditional shop after it was hit by fire in February 2013. (Kyodo)

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Togakushi soba

Undated file photo shows Togakushi Yuki Gakushi "soba" buckwheat noodles served at restaurants in Nagano city. The Togakushi area in Nagano city is famous for its soba and Yuki Gakushi soba means noodles made with powder ground from soba seed stored in snow. Storing soba seed in snow helps preserve its quality and increases sweetness as the temperature and humidity remain constant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo