蕎 - buckwheat

buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum)

soba restaurant

buckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball

soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat

soba with egg

high quality soba

dark soba

soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

buckwheat chaff

soba with tempura batter

zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)

soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring