The custom of offering somen on a tray used for serving as one of the Buddhist altar fittings in Urabon-e festival (a Festival of the Dead or Buddhist All Souls' Day, around the fifteenth of July or August, depending on local customs) and Ebisu ko (a fete in honor of Ebisu for the purpose of asking for good fortune) is observed nationwide.
盂蘭盆会の精霊膳やえびす講の供膳にそうめんを供する習慣は全国に見られる。