I was just listening to an audio post on a learning-Japanese podcast I subscribe to, and the topic sounds so fun that I want to share it. The post is about Nagashi Sōmen, or Flowing Sōmen, which is a way of serving and eating cold sōmen noodles in the summertime. The idea is that, either in a restaurant or outdoors (along with a barbeque, say), a water flume made of bamboo is set up, and the noodles flow past diners waiting to catch them with their chopsticks and dip them in a cup of sauce before eating. 楽しそうね! I've had conveyor-belt sushi before, but this is another level of fun with food!

(It appears one can buy a tabletop noodle circulator for a more convenient at-home nagashi sōmen experience. Or build one for your Lego figures.)