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Hakuba / Azumino

Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Soba / Udon

Kobayashi Soba Main Restaurant

4.5

285 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Ote 3-3-20 Four Pillar Shrine Shrine Precision

A long-standing soba noodle restaurant established at the end of the Meiji period. Here you can enjoy ni-hachi soba noodles made with 80% domestic buckwheat flour and 20% wheat flour. The restaurant also serves other local Nagano cuisine like soba kaiseki course cuisine, basashi horse meat sashimi, and wasabi-zuke pickles. This famous establishment has been popular with locals for ages and is also visited by many tourists.

We thoroughly enjoyed our introduction to soba at this great restaurant. The welcome was warm and friendly, service excellent and we were delighted to find some vegan options on the menu, which were...
Nomugi

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Chuou 2-9-11

This popular Shinshu (Nagano) soba restaurant serves thin-sliced kyuwari soba (noodles made with 90% buckwheat and 10% flour) made only with buckwheat flour from the Ono District in Tatsuno Town, Nagano Prefecture. Nomugi only serves fresh-made soba and closes when the day’s supply runs out; accordingly, it is common to find a line in front of the shop. The restaurant only serves simple zaru soba (soba served on a draining basket with dipping sauce) and soba in broth with five toppings—shiitake mushrooms, fried tofu, spinach, nori (edible seaweed sheets), and eggs. There are also only 12 seats in the restaurant.
Sobadokoro Ichiyo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Toyoshina 2647

Ichiyo is a soba restaurant located along National Route 147. The owners take the utmost care in using only unprocessed buckwheat grown in the Shinshu region and in painstaking preparing it. They make their own stone-ground flour and keep both finely ground and coarsely ground varieties on hand. The soba made with coarsely ground flour has a unique rich flavor and an al dente texture, while the soba made with the finely ground flour has just the right combination of savory and sweet flavors. There are many dishes on the menu, both Zarusoba (soba served on a bamboo tray with dipping sauce) and Kakesoba (soba in broth), as well as udon noodles and small plates.
Inakaya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Azumino Hotaka 5968-2

An udon and soba noodle restaurant established in 1970. When it first opened, the restaurant primarily offered old-fashioned, rural-style inaka udon noodles; it only began serving soba noodles from 1999. Both the establishment's udon and soba noodles are made with Azumino's famous spring water. The restaurant's signature thick nikomi udon soup comes in three varieties - the Inakaya Nikomi Udon, which is filled with pork and vegetables; the Miso Nikomi Udon, made with traditional Nagano miso balls; and the slightly sweet Shoyu (soy sauce) Nikomi Udon. The restaurant also offers dishes made with renowned Azumino wasabi.
Soba-dokoro Somanoya

5.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Matsumoto-shi Azumi Sawando 4159-12

A 50-minute drive from the Matsumoto Interchange. This restaurant adjoins a hotel situated a short distance east on National Route 158 after crossing the bridge from Yunosato Park. Notably, the restaurant's menu primarily consists of soba noodles handmade by the owner, and the establishment only uses buckwheat flour from Nagano. The restaurant also serves regional cuisine made with edible wild plants and mushrooms collected in the owner's own forest. Particularly popular selections include the Awaseju combo, which includes cold zaru soba noodles, a katsudon pork cutlet rice bowl, and unaju eel over rice box; the a la carte char grilled shioyaki style with salt and the goheimochi broiled rice cake skewers are also recommended. With an advance reservation, you can also purchase honey made by Japanese honeybees here.

最近は夜の電車で松本に着いて、駅近くのホテルに前泊することが多いけど、さわんどまで行ってしまえば翌日の上高地入りが楽。この宿は、さわんどのほぼ中心にありながら、道路からはちょっと奥まっているので静か。食事も信州の食材をつかっていてよかった。
Kamijo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotaka 5256-1

This soba restaurant located approximately 10 minutes on foot from JR Hotaka Station is distinctive for its western-style exterior that resembles a lovely pension enveloped in greenery. This is a famous restaurant that is well known for its traditional soba that are handmade with natural spring water from Azamino and soba flour grown at the foot of the Yatsugatake mountains and milled with a stone mortar. They also pride themselves on their soba-tsuyu broth made without any chemical seasonings using ingredients such as wild bonito, konbu (kelp) and soy sauce. In addition to their simple Mori-soba, other well-liked offerings on the menu include the Tenkei-soba which is topped with approximately 10 types of ingredients and the Oshibori-soba that nearly brings tears to the eye thanks to the juice squeezed from a spicy radish.
Sobadokoro Jiyuan Asakawa

4.0

54 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotakariake 8053-4

This soba restaurant in Nagano Prefecture’s Azumino City is so popular that the reservation book inside the store fills up before the restaurant opens. The interior shows their attention to detail such as tables using old wood and items handmade by artists, all within a dignified environment comprised of an old storehouse with thick earthen walls and wooden beams. The zaru soba which uses the flower buds of wasabi as a condiment is an exquisite item that will make you want to eat more of thanks to its gentle rich-tasting tsuyu sauce and fragrance of the wasabi. The Yukibana Zaru Soba that is topped with plenty of tororo (grated yam) as well as gold dust is also popular. They have an extensive field, soba field, and garden in which hydrangea and cherry trees bloom, which make for nice places to enjoy a stroll either while waiting or after the meal.

３回目の訪問です。１１月１５日（日）のお昼にお邪魔しました。大きな窓から見える秋の風情が素敵。案山子、野菊、ハラハラと舞い落ちる紅葉。ざるそばの盛りつけには、娘には野菊、主人のは笹、私のは紅葉が添えられていました。
Nakanoya

4.0

15 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Prefecture Matsumoto-shi address 3961-1

At this shop, located in Bandokoro, Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, you can enjoy water mill-ground Bandokoro soba made from scratch by the owner and his soba-farming family. The hand-made juwari soba—which does not use any thickening powder—is well received with its rich flavor and how smooth it goes down. The “soba set” is popular, packed with the good taste of Norikura Highland. Or enjoy local cuisine with items like the “homemade grilled trout in bamboo” which contains trout covered in Japanese pepper miso and wrapped in bamboo leaves.

漬物と蕎麦のセットで、シンプルですが、とても美味しかったです。特に漬物に関しては、普段殆ど食べない私でも完食するほど美味しかったです。後は、メニューの数とコスパがもう少し良かったら文句ありません。
Kobayashi

3.5

14 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nishinomiya, Omachi, Nagano Prefecture 3210

This soba restaurant, founded in 1913, is located in Omachi City, Nagana Prefecture and is a three-minute walk from Shinano-Omachi Station. They offer “Shio no Michi Soba,” which refers to the “Chikuni Kaido” (commonly known as Shio no Michi, “Salt Road”) trade route that was once used to transport salt and marine products from the Japan Sea to Matsumoto. This popular dish is made with ingredients from the sea and mountains and topped with grated radish that resembles salt.

土曜日の13時過ぎに入店。大盛りのもりがないとのことだったのでかけそばともり1枚を注文。店内は混んでいないのに出てくるまで 20分もかかった。もりのつけだれは出しがきいて美味しかったがなぜかかけのつゆは出汁がきいてなく甘いだけだった。これで1,450円は高いと思う。あとで気づいたが駅にもスタンド蕎麦がありそちらのほうが半額以下でおいしそうでした。
Yamashina

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Omachishi Miasa 14658

This soba restaurant is located in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture. The local powder is produced in Miasa Village, and the soba is made by grinding it with a water mill. Poetry cards by famous individuals decorate the interior, and in fact, this shop has been featured in the media many times. The “soba usuyaki,” made from dough that is stretched and baked before being coated with a thin layer of miso, and “soba-gaki” produce an exquisite smell that complements alcohol perfectly. The “morisoba” and “kakesoba” are popular dishes that showcase the soba’s flavor. Enjoy a delicious bowl of noodles in the peaceful ambience.
RINGOYA

5.0

19 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Kitadumigunhakubamura Hokujou 5289

RINGOYA in Hakuba, Shinshu is known for its handmade soba. Visitors can also stay the night there and can choose from dinner, breakfast, and lodging only plans. The soba restaurant is open from 11 to 2 p.m. (last order), but supplies are limited, so you should go as early as possible. It’s about 1.5 hours from the Azumino Interchange on the Chuo Expressway, or about one hour 10 minutes on the Nagano Hakuba express bus from JR Nagano Station; it’s about three minutes from the Hakuba Happo stop.

離巴士站非常近,交通是一大優勢,距離雪場也很近,步行就可以到,可一個人入住,設備是標準的塌塌米房,我是住得很習慣啦 Very close to the Happo Bus Station. Ski area is also in 5 mins walk. They also accept 1 person booking. My room is a standard Japanese...
Komatsu Udon Store

4.5

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Omachishi Omachi 3306-14

This restaurant is famous for its hand-made udon noodles with a history of over 50 years and its breaded pork cutlet containing Omachi kurobuta pork which is perfectly tender and has plenty of umami from the fat. It serves a wide range of superb dishes created with care by the owner. The Shinshu miso kurobuta pork katsu set meal is recommended and the marriage of the pork and Shinshu miso sauce made with a secret recipe is perfect. It is around five minutes on foot from JR Shinano-omachi Station.

３連休の2日目日曜の夕飯に友人達12人で食べれる所を探して17時頃に店舗に電話した所、うどんがあと15玉でなくなり次第閉店しますよ。との事でしたのですぐに伺いました。駐車場あり。ダムカレーは大きなお皿に串かつと豚しゃぶがのっていてお肉がとても美味しかったです◎ 選べないほど沢山メニューがあってどれもボリューム満点でした。ご飯ものを頼んでも必ずうどんが付いてきてとてもお腹いっぱいです（笑...
Sobakiri Miyota Matsumoto Branch

4.0

119 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Chuou 2-1-24 Go Fun Honcho Building 1F

“Sobakiri Miyota Matsumoto Branch” is a soba (buckwheat noodle) restaurant with classical music playing during the day and jazz at night. It boasts handmade nihachi soba. The soba is from Kiso Village in Shinshu Kiso, and also popular is “toji soba”, a local food of the former Nagawa Village (now Matsumoto City) famous for Nomugi Pass. It is a five-minute walk from JR Matsumoto Station.

My husband and I were keen to try the soba of Nagano. We chose the Tōji soba meal with mushrooms and mountain vegetables (and karaage chicken). How delicious! The soba was so good - the broth amazing...
Motoki Matsumoto Kaichi Restaurant

4.0

76 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Matsumoto-shi Kaichi 2-2-32

"A soba noodle restaurant located in Kaichi, Matsumoto City. The restaurant's ""Ginjo Soba"" noodles are made with select buckwheat from local contract farms which are ground to 30% over a 10 day period, making use of only the core of tasty buckwheat kernels. Condiments such as Yaizu katsuobushi tsuyu sauce, Hotaka-grown wasabi, and local Welsh onions draw out the full flavor of the noodles."

This small restaurant is located not far from Matsumoto Castle and after spending the morning in the castle its time for lunch. The tour guide brought us here for a taste of soba. It was a unique...
Fukuden

4.0

8 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Matsumotoshi Nagawa 4233

"A soba restaurant standing on the old Nomugi Kaido Road in Nagawa, Matsumoto City. The restaurant serves soba noodles made with Nagawa water and Nagawa buckwheat, as well as seasonal vegetable and edible wild plant tempura. The ""Toji Soba"" winter solstice noodles, only offered for a limited time each year, are a traditional Nagawa dish which is eaten by parboiling noodles divided into small balls in an iron pot filled with a broth and various toppings."

この地域名物のとうじ蕎麦。お蕎麦も美味しいですが、最後おじやにしていただくのがこれまた最高に美味しいです。いい年越し蕎麦となりました。
Ikkyu-an

4.0

22 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotaka 5957-4

"A soba noodle restaurant located a two minute walk from Hotaka Station in Hotaka, Azumino City. The restaurant serves ni-hachi soba noodles handmade with underground water from Hotaka and 80% buckwheat flour and 20% wheat flour blend. The popular ""Alps Wasabi Soba"" zaru soba noodles served over a draining basket are topped with whole pickled wasabi, making use of Hotaka's delicious and renowned wasabi."

Azumino soba makes me happy. this restaurant is near the hotaka station. Wasabi is good too. so soba and wasabi are recommended.
Sobasyubou ZEN

4.5

137 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Kitadumigunhakubamura Hokujou 3020-49

This soba buckwheat noodle shop is located in Hokujo, Hakuba Village. At lunch they serve Juwari Soba in limited quantities made with 100% coarse ground Azumino-grown buckwheat and water from the Northern Alps, as well as soba noodles with broth poured over the top, tempura rice bowls, and more. In the evening they offer Nihachi Soba, noodles made with two parts udon flour to eight parts soba flour. They also have a la carte items made from local ingredients and select sake and shochu liquor from around Japan.

We were lucky to get a table just before they closed (after a 30-minute wait) . The food was simple yet delicious. We ordered horse sashimi, tempura and of course the soba.
Sobadokoro Yoshimori

4.0

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Akashinanakagawate 2481-13

"This soba buckwheat noodle shop is in Akashina Nakagawate, Azumino City. Made with water from the Northern Alps and carefully selected buckwheat flour, their soba noodles are nice and chewy and taste great going down. They offer a diverse menu with soba dishes like ""Morisoba,"" ""Tsukimi Soba,"" and ""Duck Nanban Soba"" (limited to five plates a day). They also have wild vegetable tempura in season."

初めてブログを見てから寄ってみましたが、場所が分かりにくく、少々戸惑いました。川岸にある閑静な蕎麦屋さんで、駐車場も３台ほどしか置けませんので注意が必要です。店内の一階の板敷の間のテーブル席に案内されました。2階にも部屋があるようでした。蕎麦は手打ちで美味しく安曇野に来て食べる蕎麦だと感じました。ぶっかけきのこおろし蕎麦を食べましたが、キノコも美味しく満足しました。
Homemade Soba Kurumaya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Aduminoshi Hotakariake 7023

"This soba buckwheat noodle shop is in Hotaka Ariake Miyagi, Azumino City. They serve dishes like cool zarusoba, warm bowls of soba noodles, shrimp tempura, and their popular ""Kichigai-zaru,"" an extravagant mound of soba noodles for up to five people. Their stewed uma-no-motsu (horse intestines) is also a hit."
Suisya (Main Restaurant)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagano Pref. Higashichikumagunyamagatamura Shimotakeda 7249

"A soba noodle restaurant located in the ""Karasawa Soba Village"" in Yamagata Village, Higashichikuma County, Nagano Prefecture. Popular with tourists as well as locals, the restaurant makes its noodles by hand each day using stone milled buckwheat flour, and here you can enjoy dishes such as the ""Arabiki Soba"" course ground soba noodles and the ""Shinshu Hisui Soba,"" Nagano brand soba noodles. Weekday lunchtime ends, and the restaurant closes on Saturdays and Sundays when its soba noodle supply runs out for the day, so would-be diners are encouraged to come early."

Nagano Hakuba / Azumino

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Nagano Areas

Nagano prefecture is an exciting mix of mountains, hot spring monkeys, and preserved Edo history. At the heart of the Japanese Alps, Nagano is one of the country’s most popular destinations, whether in winter for its snow sports and the much-loved Jigokudani Monkey Park or in the warmer months for discovering the undulating hills on foot. For fantastic Edo architecture, head to the Kiso Valley for a 60-kilometer stretch of quaint wooden buildings that marked the Nakasendo route 200 years ago.