Some noodle shops serve soba with various seasonal vegetables such as molokheiya (Corchorus olitorius), Japanese pepper, bamboo shoots, Japanese butterbur, ashitaba (Angelica keiskei), Japanese basil, yuzu (Citrus junos), wakame seaweed and Japanese plums added to the soba dough.
店によってはモロヘイヤ、山椒、タケノコ、フキ、アシタバ、シソ、ユズ、ワカメ、ウメなどの季節の植物を練り込んで出すところもある。