person. >> anthony: why do you think that is? >> keiji: um, this is only my opinion. but, uh, japanese imperial army did a lot of brutal stuff on this island and war never ended for some people. and the feelings that they got suppressed all of a sudden after they retire they kind of burst. and they wanna kinda -- >> anthony: act out. >> keiji: act out. >> anthony: this is keiji yoda, he's an okinawan farmer. and this is nishimachi, a small noodle shop that bears only the owner's name and serves only okinawan-style soba. pork belly or ribs as the meat. the broth a mix of fish, chicken, pork, and vegetable stocks. okinawan soba differs greatly from what we know from the mainland. they use wheat noodles instead of buckwheat. a nod, perhaps, to the spaghetti-eating marines they lived with all these years. garnishes are spring onion, fish