Episode Details

On this episode of Japan Station, we're talking about Iwate Prefecture! We're focusing on the geography, general stats, language and food.

👉Topics Discussed

• Where Iwate Prefecture is
• About Iwate Prefecture's large size and sparse population
• About the weather of Iwate Prefecture
• About the dialects of Iwate Prefecture
• About Fukuda Pan/Fukuda Bread, it's history and its many varieties
• About wanko soba
• About the supposed origins of wanko soba
• About Morioka's three famous noodles
• About jajamen
• About the other meaning of soba
• About Morioka reimen
• How reimen in Iwate is different
• The popularity of reimen
• About the origins of reimen in Iwate Prefecture
• And much more!

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