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is a noodle soup and popular regional dish originating from Yamanashi, Japan made by stewing flat udon noodles and vegetables in miso soup. Though hōtō is commonly recognized as a variant of udon, locals do not consider it to be an udon dish because the dough is prepared in the style of dumplings rather than noodles.

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Vinony's link graph records 605 inbound references to hōtō, and connects out to udon, okonomiyaki and Takeda Shingen.

It is catalogued under topics including Cold noodles, Japanese noodle dishes and Japanese soups and stews.

Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Food.name
Hōtō
Food.image
Houtou.jpg
Food.image_size
250px
Food.country
Japan
Food.region
Yamanashi Prefecture
Food.type
Soup
Food.main_ingredient
Miso soup, udon noodles, vegetables

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
nabemono
Country of origin
Japan
Material used
miso soup
Image
Houtou.jpg
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Commons category
Hōtō udon
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • Origins
  • Takeda Shingen
  • Etymology
  • Chinese origin theory
  • Local origin theory
  • Other theories
  • Preparation and ingredients
  • Azuki bean ''hōtō''
  • ''Hōtō'' and the people of Yamanashi
  • See also
  • References

is a noodle soup and popular regional dish originating from Yamanashi, Japan made by stewing flat udon noodles and vegetables in miso soup. Though hōtō is commonly recognized as a variant of udon, locals do not consider it to be an udon dish because the dough is prepared in the style of dumplings rather than noodles.

==Origins== Wheat farming and the flour culture were brought into Yamanashi prefecture due to shortages in local rice crops. Sericulture had turned lands traditionally reserved for rice crops into silk farms, and flour products like hōtō were invented as a means to counter food shortages which arose from this change in agriculture.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “hōtō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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