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Soba Roku

Enjoy the blessings of the Yatsugatake Mountains with fragrant soba

A soba restaurant located on 'Piment Street' within 'Risonare Yatsugatake.' Operated by 'Fujihara Seimen,' a noodle manufacturer in the local city of Hokuto, the high-quality soba is made from buckwheat grown with the abundant blessings of Yatsugatake nature, stone-ground, and prepared with the clear spring water of Yatsugatake, offering a smooth texture that goes down easily.

The most popular 'Tenmori Soba' is a satisfying dish that features fragrant soba along with tempura of five types of seasonal vegetables and shrimp. The tempura, with its light and crispy batter, highlights the sweetness of the vegetables and pairs perfectly with the soba.

Soba restaurants you'll want to stop by during your sightseeing, both day and night

The restaurant has a calm atmosphere and is a space that is easy for families to enter. There is a kids' menu, and consideration is given to those with children, such as being able to change soba to udon. Pets are also allowed on the terrace seats.

In addition to soba, there is a wide variety of a la carte dishes such as the Yamanashi specialty "Torimotsu-ni" (stewed chicken giblets), making it recommended to visit for dinner and enjoy with drinks. The appeal lies in being able to use it for various occasions, from lunch during sightseeing to a relaxing dinner. Please come and taste the aroma of soba grown by the nature of Yatsugatake.

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Since it is operated by a locally rooted noodle manufacturing company, the appeal is that you can enjoy not only soba but also seasonal local vegetables.

Soba Fumoto

• 129 Kobuchisawacho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture MAP
• Approx. 5 minutes by car from JR Kobuchisawa Station
• 11:00–15:00, 17:00–21:00
• Follows Risonare Yatsugatake
• 0551-45-9077
• Free

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Okina

A carefully crafted flavor using home-grown buckwheat

This is a shop that boasts immense popularity among soba lovers. Their signature dish, zaru soba, is a 'ni-hachi' soba made with two parts wheat flour and eight parts buckwheat flour. The beautiful, nightingale-colored noodles are made from buckwheat flour with the husks carefully removed, offering a fresh, smooth texture that goes down easily. The slightly thicker 'inaka' (country-style) soba is a hearty dish meant to be savored with every bite. True to the owner's words, 'I strive to make soba that highlights the aroma of the buckwheat,' the scent of the soba wafts through your nose just before you eat, leaving a lingering, delicious taste.

Feel the changing of the seasons at a shop surrounded by trees

One of the features is that some of the soba served is grown in nearby fields. The harvested soba seeds are managed in a low-temperature warehouse and milled in-house, and the owner personally handles the entire process from milling to making and boiling the soba. For this reason, the amount of soba that can be prepared in a day is limited, and it is not uncommon for it to sell out around 2:00 PM.
It is also a luxurious time to enjoy sake while snacking on grilled miso or wasabi pickled in soy sauce while waiting for your soba.

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A recommended restaurant for those who want to purely enjoy soba. It is delicious even when eaten with just salt or wasabi!

Okina

• 2205 Nakamaru, Nagasakacho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture MAP
• Approx. 5 minutes by car from JR Nagasaka Station
• 11:00–15:00 (11:30–14:30 in winter)
• Mondays, irregular holidays
• 0551-32-5405
• Free

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Soba Nishimura

Freshly ground and freshly made buckwheat noodles, limited to 20 servings per day

Located in a residential area of Fujimi Town, Suwa District, Nagano Prefecture, this shop has been in business for 28 years. They serve freshly made soba using buckwheat grown locally in Fujimi Town, ground in a stone mill every morning, and limited to 20 servings per day. The 'sarashina' ni-hachi soba has a white, elegant appearance, but it has just the right amount of elasticity and stands out for its smooth texture.
The menu includes single servings of soba (regular) and large portions, as well as a 'Soba Set Meal' that comes with seasoned rice, soba dumplings, a small side dish, and dessert, and a 'Soba Course' with even more items. During the tourist season from July to September, the shop operates by reservation only, but as it is a popular spot, reservations are recommended at other times as well.

Enjoy delicious buckwheat noodles and cake in a stylish shop

The gap between the Japanese-style entrance and the Western-style interior is unique to this shop. With brick walls, which are rare for a soba restaurant, and a red fireplace handmade by the owner, the atmosphere is stylish. Also, while the dessert included with the soba set meal or soba course is typically brown sugar sherbet, you can change it to a cake from the neighboring pastry shop, "Kashi Kobo Le Quatre Saisons," and choose your favorite from several types. Since the pastry shop is run by the owner's daughter, the restaurant is gaining popularity among women as a "stylish soba shop where you can also eat delicious cake."

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From the selection of soba seeds to the dipping sauce, the carefully crafted soba is white, translucent, and has an excellent texture! If you are lucky, you might even meet the signboard cat?

Soba Nishimura

• 3679-18 Fujimi, Fujimi-machi, Suwa-gun, Nagano Prefecture MAP
• Approx. 5 minutes by car from JR Fujimi Station
• 11:00–14:00
• Sun, Mon, Tue
• 0266-62-7078
• Free

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Hakushu Teuchi Soba Kubota

Where there is good water, there is good buckwheat

Hakushu-cho in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, is one of the nation's leading regions for famous water. When the owner, who trained at a soba restaurant in the prefecture, decided to go independent, he chose this town because of the delicious water essential for making soba. He does not limit himself to a specific production area, but carefully selects high-quality buckwheat. He purchases it in a "marunuki" state, with only the husks removed, and mills it in-house only for the amount to be used that day. The freshly milled, freshly made, and freshly boiled Ni-hachi soba is truly fresh and rich in flavor. The slightly dry dipping sauce sharpens the taste.
Also, the 100% buckwheat soba, which uses no binder, is very popular. Both Ni-hachi and 100% buckwheat soba are available until sold out.

Enjoy a meal while soaking in the atmosphere of the old highway

The restaurant is located along the old Koshu Kaido road and utilizes an old folk house from the Edo period. The interior, where soft sunlight streams through the shoji screens, has the calm atmosphere of a traditional Japanese house, allowing you to enjoy your meal in a relaxed manner. In addition to Ni-hachi and 100% buckwheat zaru soba, tempura mori soba and shrimp tempura oroshi soba are popular. There are also rice dishes such as tempura bowls, and as a snack for drinks, there is tori motsu ni (stewed chicken giblets), which is popular as a local Yamanashi gourmet dish. For dessert after your meal, be sure to try the soba pudding. It is a delightful dish with a pleasant texture, featuring fragrant soba tea pudding topped with buckwheat kernels.

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The shrimp tempura grated daikon soba is irresistible with its combination of plump shrimp, shiso leaves, and daikon radish. The torimotsu-ni, with its delicious sweet and spicy sauce, is seasoned with Japanese pepper and is a dish that will make you want a drink.

Hakushu Teuchi Soba Kubota

• 2273 Daigahara, Hakushu-cho, Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi Prefecture MAP
• Approx. 15 minutes by car from JR Nagasaka Station
• 11:00–14:30 (L.O. 14:00), 17:00–20:00 (L.O. 19:00)
• Tuesdays and Wednesdays
• 0551-35-5335
• Free

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PAUSE

Creative buckwheat noodle course meals enjoyed with a view of the Yatsugatake Mountains

A soba restaurant surrounded by the nature of Yatsugatake. We offer a course-style menu consisting of appetizers, soba, and dessert, with contents that change based on what we source. The appetizer platter showcases meticulous craftsmanship, highlighting seasonal ingredients available that day, such as ikejime conger eel, flavor-concentrated Spanish mackerel, and Fuji Sakura pork.
The soba is thin-cut, 100% buckwheat noodles made from native buckwheat flour. Made with Yatsugatake water, our 100% buckwheat noodles change their character with the seasons; in summer, the Sudachi Soba leaves a refreshing finish. After enjoying the day's soba, conclude your meal with a dessert, such as our buckwheat tea blancmange.

A quiet space where you can focus on carefully selected seasonal meals

From inside the restaurant, you can overlook Mt. Kaikoma and Mt. Kita, and a quiet time flows by. The space, where no music is intentionally played so you can slowly focus on your meal, is also a charm. The owner, who values relationships with producers whose faces he can see, travels all over the country to carefully select seasonal ingredients. Pairing sake with the food is also popular. The restaurant is committed to seasonal meals, with the soba broth and seasoning adjusted daily, and it is a place that lets you encounter new flavors every time you visit.

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It is easy to see why this popular restaurant, where over 90% of customers are repeat visitors, is so hard to book. It is a place where you can make new discoveries no matter how many times you visit.

PAUSE

• 3215-12 Kamisasa-o, Kobuchisawa-cho, Hokuto-shi, Yamanashi Prefecture MAP
• Approx. 5 minutes by car from JR Kobuchisawa Station
• Lunch: Two seatings at 11:30 and 13:15; Dinner: 18:00–19:30 (Closes at 22:00)
• Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
• 0551-45-8415
• Free