Soba / Udon Spots in Yamagata Area

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Yamagata
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Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Soba / Udon

Soba / Udon

Handmade Suisha Ki-soba

4.0

160 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Tendoushi Kamatahonchou 1-3-26

This restaurant continues to offer the same Kanchu Hikinuki Soba, made from buckwheat flour ground in the coldest winter, as was offered to the Shogunate at the close of the Edo period. The soba from Yamagata and Hokkaido is ground in the water-wheel mill and used fresh in handmade noodles on site. Their ramen Tori Chuka, made with Japanese broth and chicken, was once a staff dish that was only available to a few, but now is a hugely popular dish on regular offer.

Here is famous for tori soba. If you visit yamagata prefecture must enjoy local noodles. Although here is always long queue. You should visit between lunch time and dinner time.
Chottotei Main Branch

4.0

42 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Nishimurayamagunkahokuchou Yachi Tokoroka 2-11-2

Chottotei is a soba restaurant located on National Route 347 in Yachi Tokorooka, Kahoku Town, Nishimurayama County. As well as soba the restaurant also serves kishimen, ramen and rice dishes. Their most popular dish is the meat soba, said to be a specialty of Yachi. The cold meat soba with lots of chicken is a popular dish throughout the year.

鳥出汁の冷たい肉そばが、麺とつゆの相性が抜群で美味しいです。個人的には山形県内の冷たい肉そばで一番美味しいと思います。営業時間がネットなどに記載してある時間と違うようなので、特に夕方は早めに行くことをお勧めします。
Shichibei Soba

4.0

30 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Kitamurayamagunoishidamachi Jinengo 266

This is a soba noodle restaurant in Jinengo Oishida-machi, Kitamurayama County. Their only dish is cold morisoba, but even in winter they attract a crowd. They offer all-you-can-eat of their soba, dipped in a sobatsuyu broth mixed with daikon white radish. The soba comes with three side dishes including pickles to accompany your endless soba meal.

ここはメニューがない！蕎麦の食べ放題一択です。よって、座敷のテーブルに座った時点で注文完了！あとは、ひたすら蕎麦を食うべし！店への公共交通機関はないので、車利用になります！さてこの店には独特のルールがあります。まず店に着いたら、車の駐車場所を探す前に、店に入って番号札を取りましょう！そして番号を呼ばれるまで、外でじっと待ちます！呼ばれたら入店！必ず、店員さんが指定した場所に座ります。そして番号札...
Araki Soba

4.0

37 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Murayamashi Okubo Instep 65

A long-established soba restaurant founded in 1920. The handmade soba noodles made from the Murayama Dewa-kaori variety of buckwheat are characteristically thick and very chewy. The menu consists of only ita-soba which is soba served in a long wooden box. Guests can choose from two types of sizes, either one portion, or one and a half portions. The soba can be enjoyed with side dishes of herring simmered in miso, or an assortment of seasonal vegetables.

最上川三難所そば街道14番店。大正9年創業の茅葺きのお店。地粉を用いた太めの手打ちそば。メニューは板そばのみ。10割そばで硬めのお蕎麦は独特です。店内も風情があります。
Sobadokoro Nanakamadotei

4.5

10 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Tsuruokashi Tamugimata Shimizujiri 12-6

This soba noodle shop located on the Gassan Hanagasa Line in Shimizujiri, Tamugimata, Tsuruoka City. They feature Sotoni soba (adding two cups of wheat flour and for every 10 cups of buckwheat flour) made with Mt. Gassan spring water and flour from locally grown Hitachiakisoba grinded with a millstone. Meals include their Gassan Mori that comes with tempura and two wild vegetable side dishes, seasonal soba with wild vegetables or mushrooms, and their soba meal set that comes with items featuring local, seasonal ingredients (advance reservation required). The Tamugiso lodge is on the property, too.

紅葉が始まっていて、お座敷からも景色が堪能出来此れも蕎麦を美味しくしています。民宿併設してあり宿泊も可能です。
Teuchioishida Soba Kiyo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Kitamurayamagunoishidamachi Yokoyama 736

"This soba shop is on Prefectural Road 381, in Yokoyama, Oishida-machi, Kitamurayama County. They offer ""Juwari"" noodles (soba flour only, no wheat, etc.) made with 100% top quality soba flour. In addition to Itasoba (served dry on a flat tray with dipping soup), they offer chicken Tori soba and Kaimochi (another name for soba dumplings)."
Mitoya

4.0

44 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Yamadera 4494-5

A handmade soba noodle restaurant located on the approach to the Risshaku-ji Temple, one of the most famous temples in Yamagata Prefecture. The restaurant is famed for its Ita soba, a serving of noodles 50% larger than normal presented on a wood plank. You can enjoy the smooth texture of the restaurant’s ni-hachi soba noodles until you’re full to bursting. Mitoya also takes great pride in its bota mochi sweet adzuki bean rice cakes. The restaurant’s zunda mochi and fuku mochi rice cakes also have a simple flavor, and you can relax in the restaurant’s confines and enjoy the scenery of the Tachiya River from its windows. Mitoya also offers an abundant selection of seasonally limited items. Highly seasonal dishes include the mountain vegetable tempura in spring and the tomato stewed in lemon juice in summer.

If you are visiting Yamadera and like soba, try Mitoya. Sitting at the counter overlooking the river is the best seat in this small restaurant. The service is good, as is the soba. Enjoy the view and...
Soba Tsuruko

4.5

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Obanazawashi Tsuruko 445

This soba restaurant is along Prefectural Route 301 in Tsuruko, Obanazawa City. The tsuyu broth is mixed with daikon juice and the noodles are made from scratch from house-ground buckwheat for a beloved, truly local flavor.

平日に銀山温泉の帰りのランチで立ち寄りました。茅葺屋根が特徴の建物です。道路からちょっと離れているので、少し場所がわかりにくかったです。大根汁に麺つゆを入れるスタイルの蕎麦は絶品でした。辛味がいいアクセントです。脇を固めるキュウリの漬物と茹でたキクラゲもとても美味！そして何より、お水がとても美味しかったです。御所の水という湧水を使っているそうです。
Izu no Hana Soba and Sake

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Obanazawashi Ginzanshimbata 440

This charming restaurant at the entrance to Ginzan Onsen was established in 1952. It is operated as a soba noodle restaurant from 11:00, a coffee shop from 15:00 and a bar from 18:00. Each different time period serves different menus focusing on hand-made noodles, sweets and local sakes with snacks.
Ita Soba no Sato Murayama Hand-made Soba School Takita

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Murayamashi Kawashima Party 99

You’ll find this soba restaurant in Kawashima, Murayama City, Yamagata Prefecture. Savor the taste of soba made the same day from local soba flour. Seasonal tempura and pickles complement the soba dishes, and the volume is plentiful. The soba-making workshop is popular as well, and visitors can experience everything from combining the soba flour with the thickener to the boiling phase.
Furyu

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Kitamurayamagunoishidamachi Ekimaedori 1-2 JR Oishi-no-da Station Building

This soba shop is in the JR Ou Main Line's Oishida Station on Ekimae-dori Street in Oishida Town, Kitamurayama County. They serve fine, handmade noodles made completely with buckwheat soba flour, stone-ground from locally cultivated Raikoji, a native buckwheat variety. The chewy noodles are popular with a wide range of ages, and they offer dishes like ita soba, tori soba, and a furyu gozen platter (reservations required).
Sobadokoro Shojiya (Yamagata Main Shop)

4.0

79 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Pref. Yamagatashi Saiwaichou 14-28

This is a soba noodle shop along the Ushu Road in the Saiwai-cho, Yamagata City. Founded during the Keio period, this over 150-year-old shop is the oldest store in Yamagata Prefecture. They offer hand-made soba noodles using the skills handed down by generations of artisans. There are a lot of other items on the menu besides soba, including udon, mugikiri, and microbrew jizake. The shop exudes the history of the Edo period, with a hearth, seating in the rice cellar all within this traditional restaurant.

Polite staff and nice ambience. Mushroom soba was very tasty but the tempera for soba was a bit too oily to both me and my husband liking
Sato Chozaburo Soba

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Mogami-gun Tozawamura Furukuchi 404
Soba Miura Ya

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Tsuruoka-shi Chojamachi 6-11

定番の「ざるそば」（￥700)は細切りで見た目が美しい。食感、のどごし、そばの風味もあり、つゆも濃くなく薄くなく、甘すぎず美味しい。板そば(ざるそば大盛り￥850）もある。テーブル席とこあがり席がある。
Koan

4.5

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Sagae-shi Minamimachi 2-3-25

This soba restaurant is located in Minami-machi 2-chome, Sagae City. This restaurant offers handmade soba noodles, made using high quality buckwheat from Hokkaido. In addition to juwari soba (made from 100% buckwheat), you can also choose thin or thick kyuwari soba (made from 90% buckwheat and 10% flour). With the Itasoba combination you can try both and compare. They also serve kanzarashi cold soba as a seasonal dish.

十割そばの板蕎麦をいただきました。細くて白いお蕎麦でした。サイドメニューにゲソてんを注文しましたがこれもまた美味しい。
Soba Soemon

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Yamagata-shi Saotome 1

This Soba shop is on national route 13 in Saotome, Yamagata City. They use a variety of Yamagata-grown soba in seasonal dishes, and grind it rough, knead it by hand, and cook it fresh for country-style soba dishes. They also offer Futouchi Itasoba, made three times as thick as normal soba without the use of fine flour and served in a basket. The elegant main building is supplemented by a detached salon.
Iroha Main Shop

4.0

18 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Nishimurayama-gun Kahokucho Yachi Chuo 2-1-15

This soba shop is on prefectural route 282 in Yachi Chuo 2-Chome, Kahoku-cho, Nishimurayama County. It's one of the shops offering the Kahoku-cho specialty cold meat soba noodles. It uses chicken-stock broth over country-style soba noodles, topped with chicken meat, and is perfect for year-round eating.

11時の開店と同時にテーブルは埋まりました。ちょっとしょっぱめのスープと旨みじゅわっとくる鶏をかみしめながら麺を啜る。噛みしめるほど悦びはアタリメのように増すけれどその比ではない中毒性。
Senrian

4.5

9 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Nishiokitama-gun Shiratakamachi Hirono 1656

This soba shop is in Hirono, Shirataka Town, Nishiokitama County. They stone-grind Fukushima prefecture-grown soba for their flour, and cut it into thin white noodles, different from normal country style soba, in hand-made 100% soba noodles. They only serve mori-soba basket soba, with pickles and a daily side dish. They also have a selection of Dewazakura sakes.

蕎麦粉100%蕎麦粉を使ったもりそばのみのメニューでした。素朴で美味しかったです。もりそばと漬物と胡桃豆腐?がついて800円。もりそばは、追加がききます。良かったです。又機会があれば、行きたいです。
Soba-yakata Taruishi

4.5

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Murayama-shi Taruishi 491

This soba shop is in Taruishi, Murayama City. They offer 90% soba-flour noodles made with the mildly alkaline Itaya Shimizu spring water. You can enjoy it cold with dipping broth, topped with grated daikon, and in other dishes, as well as topped with Wild Mushroom Tempura (reservations required). This shop is on the Mogami River Sannansho Soba Highway, a road lined with soba shops.

大きな民家を改造して作ったようなお店です、仏間がすごいです。昔は庄屋さんだったかもしれません。私が訪れたときはは98歳の女将さんに出迎えてもらえました、もの凄く元気でとても98歳とは思えませんでした。それで若さの秘訣を聞いたら、「色気」だと言っていました、確かに着物の着こなしも立派で色気むんむんでした。私は年配者ですが、握手をしてもらったら「若い燕の手を握った」と冗談を言って笑わせてくれまし...
Teuchi Soba Shige An

Gourmet / Alcohol

Yamagata Tsuruoka-shi Haguromachi Kurose 263

This shrine is in Haguroyama, Haguro Town, Tsuruoka City. It is found on the third slope of the Haguroyama Pilgrimage trail. This shrine venerates the goddess Haniyama-hime-no-mikoto, a deity of the earth and a forger of bonds, who is said to have been born from the excrement of the goddess Izanami-no-mikoto.

Yamagata

Okitama Area Murayama Area Mogami Area Shonai Area (North) Shonai Area (South)

Gourmet / Alcohol Soba / Udon Soba / Udon

Yamagata Areas

Although often overlooked, Yamagata prefecture by no means lacks appeal: the Yamadera temple trail through the mountains, deliciously tender Yonezawa wagyu, and over 100 steaming hot springs, most notably Zao Onsen, await visitors. When winter comes, the snowcapped peaks become dotted with skiers by day and onsen-goers by night, while summer brings the celebration of juicy Yamagata cherries.