Savor Silky Smooth Soba: 5 Restaurants in Kanagawa Perfect for Enjoying Delicately Textured Noodles Discover Oishii Japan -SAVOR JAPAN -Japanese Restaurant Guide-

Update-date: Feb 20 2024

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Savor Silky Smooth Soba: 5 Restaurants in Kanagawa Perfect for Enjoying Delicately Textured Noodles

Soba has irresistible fragrances and feels great going down one's throat, and being able to freely eat it is part of the appeal. Soba is great for enjoying a good-priced lunch set in the afternoon and for finishing off a night out after drinking Japanese sake and enjoying snacks and cuisine using seasonal ingredients. Visiting a relaxing space is another good reason for enjoying soba.

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Mabori Beach - Soba dokoro Sato

The real charm of this soba, which uses buckwheat flour from Tokachi, is the excellent feel when biting into it and when it goes down the throat

Soba Dokoro Sato is located a 1-minute walk from Maborikaigan Station. The restaurant head has honed his Japanese cuisine skills at soba izakaya bars and traditional ryokan inns. He makes his soba, which is very chewy due to using buckwheat flour from Tokachi in Hokkaido, at a 2:8 ratio. The broth for the cold soba features salty flavors. The broth for the warm soba features an effective use of donko mushroom flavors. Enjoy the lunch sets (served in limited quantities) and the cold soba that changes depending on the season.

5 restaurants for enjoying soba that goes down smoothly / Kanagawa

The restaurant interior is spacious, letting guests enjoy soba with a comfortable, relaxing feel. They have 20 seats in total, and tatami room seats where families with children can spend a leisurely time. The sesame oil fragrances of the lunch-only Tempura Rice Bowl Set stimulate the appetite. At night, guests can take their time enjoying the snack menu items and Japanese sake.

Soba dokoro Sato

Address: 1F, Keishu Bldg., 3-2-5, Maboricho, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa
Access: 1 minute walk from Maborikaigan Station

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Futamatagawa - Soba and Sake Ao

After enjoying various cuisine, finish things off with the Kakomi Soba, which lets guests choose from 6 kinds of dipping sauce

Soba and Sake Ao has an atmosphere where guests of any age or gender can freely relax. It is located a 3-minute walk from Futamata-Gawa Station. They have a lineup of foods that blend Japanese and Western styles, including their rich variety of Japanese sake and snacks. Besides menu items unique to soba restaurants, including tempura and fried soba miso, options such as Japanese pickles, pate de campagne with bamboo shoots, and shiitake mushrooms are sure to catch the interest of guests. Finally, the Kakomi Soba ("kakomi" means "surround") is sure to stimulate conversation as everyone picks at it with chopsticks.

They have a particularly rich lineup of Japanese sake, as one would expect considering their parent company is a sake seller. As they change the number of brands every month, guests can look forward to something new each visit. They have fruit-flavored alcohol that will appeal to women, such as fruit wine. The greatest care is taken with the ingredients, for example using domestic-made duck and brand vegetables such as Senju green onions. This restaurant is excellent for both dates and business use.

Soba and Sake Ao

TEL:+81-50-5870-6400
Address: 1-45-66, Futamatagawa, Asahi-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa
Access: 3 minutes walk from Futamata-gawa StationMore Details Reservation

Hakone Open Air Museum - Moshiri-Soba Nakamura

Enjoy a rich lineup of foods made with soba, with the rich fragrances of stone mills, and carefully selected ingredients

The soba noodles at Moshiri-Soba Nakamura are made with the greatest care, using buckwheat flour made from Gen Soba ground with a stone mill. The Gen Soba is cultivated through a contract with a producer in the Moshiri area of Horokanai, Hokkaido. Guests can enjoy fragrant soba that goes well down the throat, along with homemade dipping sauce prepared over 3 days. They'll also be incredibly satisfied by the high-quality ingredients, such as the natural shrimp and daisen chicken from Tottori, the home-cultivated organic vegetables, and the mountain vegetables and mushrooms collected by the restaurant head himself.

Located a 1 minute walk from Chokoku-no-Mori Station, this soba restaurant has been around for 45 years. The restaurant interior is a space with a strong Japanese-style atmosphere that lets guests feel at ease and relaxed. It has tatami rooms available, so groups with small children can feel assured spending a relaxing time here. The staff welcome guests with friendly service, so it's quite fun for solo customers to casually drop by and enjoy some soba along with a few drinks.

Moshiri-Soba Nakamura

Open: [Monday - Wednesday, Friday - Sunday, National Holidays, Day before National Holidays] 11:00 am - 7:00 pm (L.O. 6:30 pm)
Closed: Thursday
Average price: [Dinner] 1,200 JPY
Access: 30-second walk from [Chokoku-no-mori Station] on Hakone Tozan Line
Address: 1156, Ninotaira, Hakone-machi, Ashigarashimo-gun, Kanagawa Map

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Hon-Atsugi - Itasoba Kiemon

Guests can stretch their legs and visit this restaurant to enjoy the Itasoba, which everyone can surround

Itasoba Kiemon is located near Atsugi Elementary School. This restaurant has many fans who come from faraway places to visit. Their soba uses buckwheat flour ground on a stone mill, and it has an amazing feel going down the throat. Their signature menu item is the Ita Soba, served on a large board ("ita" in Japanese) with enough soba for 2.5 guests. The cold soba mixes well with the hot broth featuring duck fat, and the extremely delicious minced duck soup is also popular.

The interior is chic, sensible, and stylish, with small items from each season adorning the shelves. This restaurant is also popular with women guests, as they can comfortably enjoy meals here. Besides the counter seats, they also have table seats, as well as sunken kotatsu table seats in tatami seating areas and private rooms for up to 8 guests, which are all perfect for using in various situations.

Itasoba Kiemon

Address: 1-4-5, Matsue, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa
Access: 15 minutes walk from Hon-Atsugi Station

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Tsurumi - Tsurumi Tanakaya

Enjoy the trademark specialty soba of Hiranuma Tanakaya, managed by a long-standing restaurant, in Tsurumi

Tsurumi Tanakaya is an enjoyable restaurant that lets guests eat menu items from Hiranuma Tanakaya, established in 1920, in Tsurumi. Their Minced Duck Steamer, a specialty soba that is a trademark of Hiranuma Tanakaya, is so delicious that guests will want to come back again and again. The flavorful soba, which has a firm sense of presence, can be enjoyed along with the high-quality broth.

They have a rich selection of cold sake and drinks. For the snacks, they have a lineup of unique items such as Fried Soba Salad, which features the enjoyable textures of crisply fried soba, and the Zaru Pizza, made with buckwheat flour. Of course, guests can finish things up with soba. They have semi-private rooms which can be used by up to 10 people, making this restaurant recommended for gatherings.