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ZUZUZU — Slurp the Soba Culture

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The world slurps the real thing.
Japan

News

The Film

“THE BEAT of SOBA UCHI” feat. MIDICRONICA 716

Radio

Bunka Broadcasting (JOQR) Podcast
“Hamamatsucho Innovation Culture Cafe”
A four-part conversation with Akie Iriyama, one of Japan’s leading management scholars — on soba, culture, and the sound of slurping.
#1 “Gin × Soba — Creating New Value”

Jul 21, 2026 · 44 min

On drinking at a soba restaurant, and why the noodles alone rarely keep one afloat. Japan is the only place that eats soba as noodles — and slurps them.

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#2 “Gin × Soba — Creating New Value”

Jul 24, 2026 · 36 min

Value begins with story — native varieties, the growers behind them, the question of succession, and how tough a crop soba is.

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#3 “Gin × Soba — Creating New Value”

Jul 28, 2026 · 20 min

On sustainability — making sure everyone in the chain is paid, and building places where the culture carries on.

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#4 “Gin × Soba — Creating New Value”

Jul 31, 2026 · 10 min

Highlights from all four parts. Visitors to Japan name ramen and sushi — not yet soba. That gap is the opening.

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