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Soba Roku

Aromatic soba noodles with a taste of Yatsugatake's bounty

This soba restaurant is located on Piment Street in Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Yatsugatake. Fujihara Seimen, a local noodle manufacturing company in Hokuto City, grinds the buckwheat seeds grown in the natural bounty of Yatsugatake on a millstone and beats them in the clear spring water of Yatsugatake, resulting in high quality soba noodles with a smooth texture.

The most popular "Tenmori-Soba" is a satisfying dish that includes aromatic soba noodles and five kinds of seasonal vegetables and shrimp tempura. The light and crispy batter of the tempura enhances the flavor of the sweet vegetables and goes perfectly with the soba noodles.

A soba restaurant where you can stop by during the day or night in between sightseeing tours.

The restaurant has a relaxed atmosphere, making it an easy place for families to come in. A kids' menu is also available, and the soba noodles can be changed to udon noodles. Pets are welcome on the terrace.

In addition to soba noodles, the restaurant also offers a wide variety of a la carte dishes such as "torimotsuni," a specialty of Yamanashi, which is recommended to visit for dinner and enjoy with alcohol. The restaurant can be used for a variety of occasions, from lunch during sightseeing to a relaxing dinner. We invite you to taste the aroma of soba noodles nurtured by the nature of Yatsugatake.

Local Guide
Supporters

Since the restaurant is operated by a noodle manufacturing company with deep roots in the community, you can enjoy not only the soba noodles but also local vegetables in season.

Soba Foothills

• 129 Kobuchizawa-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 5 minutes drive from JR Kobuchizawa
• 11:00-15:00, 17:00-21:00
• Same as Hoshino Resorts RISONARE Yatsugatake
• 0551-45-9077
• Free of charge

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ooki

Specialty taste of home-grown buckwheat noodles

The restaurant is extremely popular among soba lovers. The signature dish, Zaru Soba, is made with two parts wheat flour and eight parts buckwheat flour. The beautiful greenish brown buckwheat noodles are made from buckwheat hulls that have been cleaned before being ground into flour, and are fresh and smooth. The slightly thicker soba noodles are chewy and filling. As the owner says, "I try to make soba so that its aroma stands out," and just before eating it, the aroma of the buckwheat flavor wafts into your nose, leaving a lasting taste.

Feel the changing of the seasons in a restaurant surrounded by trees

Another feature of the restaurant is that it grows some of the soba noodles it serves in-house in a nearby field. The harvested buckwheat seeds are kept in a low-temperature warehouse and milled in-house, and the owner himself carries out the entire process from milling to beating and boiling. Therefore, there is a limit to the number of buckwheat noodles that can be prepared in a day, and it is not unusual for them to be sold out by around 2:00 p.m.
It is a luxurious time to enjoy sake while eating grilled miso or wasabi pickled in soy sauce and waiting for soba noodles.

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Supporters

We recommend this restaurant to those who want to enjoy soba purely. It is also delicious with just salt or wasabi!

Okina

• 2205 Nakamaru, Nagasaka-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 5 min. from JR Nagasaka Station by car
• 11:00-15:00 (11:30-14:30 in winter)
• Closed on Mondays and irregular holidays
• 0551-32-5405
• Free of charge

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soba-nishimura

Freshly ground and freshly pounded soba noodles, limited to 20 servings a day

This 28-year-old restaurant is located in a residential area in Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano Prefecture. The restaurant serves only 20 servings a day, as it grinds local buckwheat noodles produced in Fujimi-machi every morning on a millstone and serves them freshly pounded. The Sarashina-style Nihachi Soba is white and elegant looking, but has just the right amount of elasticity to make it a very smooth noodle.
The menu includes regular and large servings of soba, a "soba set meal" with kayaku rice, soba gaki, a small bowl of cooked food, and dessert, and a "soba course" with a larger selection of dishes. Reservations are required during the tourist season from July to September, but reservations are recommended at other times of the year as well, as the restaurant is very popular.

Enjoy delicious soba noodles and cakes in a stylish restaurant

The gap between the Japanese-style entrance and the Western-style interior is also unique to this restaurant. The brick walls, which are rare for a soba restaurant, and the red fireplace, handmade by the owner, create a stylish atmosphere. The basic dessert served with soba set menus and soba courses is a brown sugar sherbet, but it can be changed to a cake from Le Cattle Saison, a confectionary store next door, from which you can choose one of several varieties. Since the owner's daughter runs this confectionery store, it is becoming increasingly popular among women as a "stylish soba noodle shop where you can also enjoy delicious cakes.

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Supporters

From the selection of the buckwheat seeds to the soba sauce, the soba is white, clear, and has a great thirst! If you are lucky, you may be able to meet the signature cat!

Soba Nishi-mura

• 3679-18 Fujimi, Fujimi-cho, Suwa-gun, Nagano MAP
• 5 minutes drive from JR Fuji Station
• 11:00～14:00
• Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
• 0266-62-7078
• Free of charge

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Hakushu Teuchi Soba Kubota

Where there is good water, there is good soba!

Hakushu Town in Hokuto City, Yamanashi Prefecture, is one of the most famous water villages in the country. The owner, who trained at a soba restaurant in the prefecture, chose this town when he decided to start his own business because of its delicious water, which is indispensable for making soba. He carefully selects high quality buckwheat noodles without being particular about where they are grown. The soba is purchased "whole" with only the hulls removed, and only the amount used that day is milled in-house. The freshly ground, freshly beaten, and freshly boiled nihachi-soba is truly fresh and full of flavor. The slightly dry dipping sauce gives the soba noodles a refreshingly crisp taste.
The soba noodles are also very popular for their "jyuwari soba," which is made without using any kind of glue. Both nihachi and juwari soba will be closed as soon as they are sold out.

Enjoy a meal while enjoying the atmosphere of the old highway

Located along the old Koshu-kaido road, the restaurant is housed in an old house from the Edo period. The interior, with soft sunlight streaming in through shoji screens, gives the restaurant a relaxed atmosphere of a Japanese house, allowing customers to enjoy their meal in a relaxed atmosphere. In addition to nihachi and juwari zaru soba (cold soba noodles), tempura morisoba and prawn tempura oroshi soba (soba noodles with grated radish) are popular. The restaurant also serves rice dishes such as tendon and other rice bowls, as well as chicken stew, a popular local delicacy in Yamanashi, as a snack with drinks. For dessert, be sure to try the soba pudding. The savory buckwheat pudding is topped with buckwheat seeds and has a delightful texture.

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Supporters

The Ebi-ten Oroshi-soba (Soba with prawn tempura and grated radish) is a perfect combination of plump prawns, shiso leaves and radish. The stewed chicken with sweet and spicy sauce is a dish with a hint of sansho that makes you want to drink sake.

Hakushu Teuchi Soba Kubota

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

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PAUSE

A unique buckwheat noodle course menu with a view of the Yatsugatake Mountains

A soba restaurant surrounded by the nature of Yatsugatake. The menu changes according to the availability of ingredients, and consists of appetizers, buckwheat noodles, and dessert. The appetizer platter features carefully prepared dishes that make the most of the day's seasonal ingredients, such as nerve-tightened conger eel, Spanish mackerel with its concentrated flavor, and Fuji cherry pork.
The soba noodles are fine buckwheat noodles made from native buckwheat flour. The appearance of the Jyuwari Soba, which is made with water from Yatsugatake, changes with the seasons, and in summer, the sudachi Soba leaves a refreshing aftertaste. After tasting the soba of the day, the meal is rounded off with desserts including buckwheat tea blancmange.

A quiet space where you can enjoy our carefully selected seasonal dishes

The view of Mt. Kaikomagatake and Mt. The restaurant does not play music, allowing diners to relax and enjoy the food. The owner, who values the relationship with the producers, carefully selects seasonal ingredients from all over the country. Sake pairings are also popular. The restaurant is so particular about seasonal food that even the soup stock and the return of the buckwheat noodles are adjusted on a daily basis, so that every time you visit, you will encounter a new taste of food.

Local Guide
Supporters

It is understandable that more than 90% of the customers are repeaters and it is difficult to make reservations at this popular restaurant. No matter how many times you visit, you will always discover something new.

PAUSE

• 3215-12 Kamisasao, Kobuchizawa-cho, Hokuto City, Yamanashi MAP
• 5 minutes drive from JR Kobuchizawa
• Lunch in 2 parts: 11:30, 13:15 Dinner: 18:00-19:30 (L.O.O. 22:00)
• Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
• 0551-45-8415
• Free of charge