Moreover, there is a legend that Kobo Daishi (a posthumous title of the priest Kukai) introduced Udon noodles from Tang Dynasty to the Shikoku region, which later became Sanuki Udon (Udon noodles of Kagawa Prefecture).
平安時代に弘法大師が唐から饂飩を四国に伝えて讃岐うどんが誕生したという伝説もある。