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Kawakami Seimen

Shimabara / Japan

Food - Noodles, Somen, Handmade Noodles

What you’ll find

What Kawakami Seimen is known for

Kawakami Seimen has hand-stretched somen noodles in Shimabara since its 2009 founding, drying bundles of thin wheat noodles using techniques passed down through the region's centuries-old noodle trade. The family-run shop sells its somen and dried-noodle gifts directly through its online storefront from its Nagasaki workshop.