Yamagata “Kanzarashi Soba” tasting event: Producers taste freshly made soba. Kanzarashi soba is made by soaking buckwheat in cold stream water to bring out its sweetness.

A total of 30,000 meals will be served at approximately 30 stores in the prefecture, mainly in Yamagata City, for about a month starting from the 3rd. One participant, a man in his 60s, said, ''It's easier to eat and more delicious than regular soba because it doesn't have any unpleasant tastes''