Arti Kata 月見蕎麦

moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)

dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)

Tsukuyomi no Mikoto (god of the Moon and brother of Amaterasu)

evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)

yakisoba

Chinese-style noodles

soba eaten at the end of the month (esp. at the end of the year)

soba made with two parts wheat flour to eight parts buckwheat flour

soba made with only buckwheat flour

soba made from freshly harvested buckwheat

soba given to one's new neighbors after moving in

dark soba