It can be used as a soba (buckwheat noodle) dish or as a paper-lined plate for tempura and other Japanese dishes. Yatara-weaving is a technique of weaving various bamboo strips of different lengths and thicknesses in an irregular pattern. It is a time-consuming and labor-intensive technique that requires a high level of skill on the part of the craftsman. It is widely useful as a soba (buckwheat noodle) dish or as a plate for tempura and other Japanese dishes by laying a sheet of paper over it.
