Handmade buckwheat noodles are ground from unpolished buckwheat noodles
The soba noodles are made by grinding brown buckwheat noodles on a traditional handmill.

Soba noodles with flat noodles in warm soup stock.

Brown buckwheat hulls are peeled and the buckwheat seeds are ground on a millstone.
The soba noodles are made with coarse buckwheat flour and finely pounded.

Brown buckwheat are pulled through a millstone with the skin intact, resulting in a satisfying flat soba noodle.