Noodle restaurants in Central Honshū
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Nomugi
In Nakamachi, this is one of central Japan's finest soba shops. Its owner used to run a French restaurant in Tokyo before returning to his home town. There's one dish: zaru-soba in a wicker basket; plus kake-soba (¥1300), which is served during the colder months.
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Ebisu-Honten
This Sanmachi shop has been making teuchi (handmade) soba since 1898. The menu explains the soba-making process. Go for zaru (cold) soba for the real flavour of the buckwheat, or try curry or miso-nikomi (in miso broth) style. It's on a side street and has a sign with a little roof on it.
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Ebisuya
One of the city's best-known kishimen chains, Ebisuya has a laid-back atmosphere and tasty, inexpensive bowls of noodles, which you can often catch being made by the chefs. There's a picture menu available.
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Yamamotoya Sōhonke
This miso-nikomi udon shop has been in business since 1925, thanks to a lot of repeat customers. The basic dish costs ¥976. It's not really close to any subway station; it's a couple of blocks east of Shirakawa-kōen.
For cheap, informal, international eats, head to the Ōsu district. Expect to hear Portuguese at Osso Brasil, a storefront serving Brazilian grills at lunchtime (all-you-can-eat on weekends, ¥1600) and snacks, while Lee's Taiwan Kitchendoes a big trade in take-out bubble tea and crackly kara-age. Other stands run from kebabs to crêpes to okonomiyaki (savoury pancakes).
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Fujiki-an
The clean, contemporary setting belies this soba shop's history (since 1827) of making fresh soba from the north of Nagano-ken. There's a picture menu: seiro-mori soba (cold soba on a bamboo mat; ¥900) lets the flavour shine; other favourites are sansai, kinoko (mushroom) tempura (¥1400) or nishin (herring; ¥1200).
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