Sōmen (素麺,そうめん) are white Japanese noodles made of wheat flour and they are very thin, about 1 mm in diameter. The dough is stretched with the help of vegetable oil to make very thin strips and then air-dried (which is why you need to rinse somen noodles after boiling).
Somen Noodles
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