Noodles on Noodle Day?

Did you know that the 11th of every month is Noodle Day in Japan? It is called Men no Hi めんの日 in Japanese. It was registered in 1999 by the National Noodle Cooperative Federation, an association of noodle manufacturers based in Koto-ku, Tokyo. The date, the 11th, was chosen to evoke the image of long, thin noodles and is also a play on words - ``11'' as ``ii'' which means good. 

The Japanese 'men' (noodles) coveres many different varieties including udon, soba, ramen, somen, chilled men, kishimen, Okinawa soba, champon noodles, houtou and rice noodles. But it also includes spaghetti and macaroni too. So if you want to eat noodles on noodle day you have a great variety to choose from?

The men for men no hi that is celebrated on the 11th of the month is written in hiragana or katakana, because men written in chinese characters 麺 has its own anniversary on December 14th! Moreover, each of the individual types of noodles also have an anniversary day. For example, Udon Day is July 2nd, Fresh Pasta Day is on July 8th, Ramen Day is July 11th, Okinawa Soba Day is on October 26th and Champon Noodle Day is on November 3rd annually. 

Will you eat noodles tomorrow, September 11th, for Noodle Day!?