11 Soba Noodles in Fukui, selected by me, a frequent business traveler to Fukui

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This article was updated on October 21, 2024.
Hokuriku is home to many delicious foods! Among them, "Echizen Oroshi Soba" in Fukui Prefecture is very famous. Its history is long and dates back to the Azuchi-Momoyama period when the northern part of Fukui Prefecture was still called Echizen Province.

Echizen Oroshi Soba is characterized by eating soba noodles and grated daikon together. There are different types of soba: bukkake (buckwheat noodle with grated daikon poured over it), tsuke-soba (buckwheat noodles dipped in broth with grated daikon), and tsuke-soba (soba noodles dipped in broth with grated daikon). They were invented to make soba noodles, which are said to be good for one's health, even more beneficial by eating them with grated daikon, which is said to be good for digestion and absorption.
Taniguchiya / Echizen Oroshi Soba Gozen
In this article, the author, who has made many business trips to Fukui, introduces soba restaurants in Fukui where he has eaten and walked around! Even though Echizen oroshi-soba is the same, each soba restaurant has its own unique characteristics! Please find your favorite soba restaurant!

Secrets of Fukui's Soba

Fukui Station] "Amida Soba Fukunoi" is located near the station and has excellent accessibility.

Amida Soba Fukunoi is located on the first floor of Happirin, a commercial facility in front of Fukui Station. It is easily accessible, so it is recommended during train transfers or at the beginning of a trip to Fukui. Behind the cash register were autographs of famous people!

The popular menu item is "Oroshi Soba Sammai," in which you can choose from three different dipping sauces: grated grated radish, wasabi, or yam! The most popular menu item is the "Oroshi Soba Sanmai," in which you can choose from three different dipping sauces: grated Japanese horseradish, wasabi, and mororo! I ordered the soba with grated yam sauce! Even with the grated yam sauce, I felt the spiciness of the radish moderately...!
Amida Soba Fukunoi's "Oroshi Soba Samadai

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Fukui Station] "Soba Raku Atago-an" at Atagozaka, the entrance to Mt.

If you want to enjoy Echizen grated buckwheat noodles in Fukui City, this is the place to go! Kyoraku Atagoan is a soba restaurant in Fukui City. It is located at the foot of Atago Hill, which has been the only way to Mt.

The restaurant specializes in thinly pounded "nihachi soba" made from Ono-zairai buckwheat flour produced in the prefecture and buckwheat flour produced outside the prefecture, and "natural broth" made from three kinds of dried shavings and Rishiri kelp. Ono-zairai refers to a strain of buckwheat noodles, and the strain produced in Ono City is called "Ono-zairai. It means that the soba has been produced in Ono City for a long time. The grated radish broth is light with more radish.
Soba Raku Atagoan's "Echizen Oroshi Soba

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Fukui Station] "Soba Soba, Sonoji" where I cried because I couldn't stand the spiciness.

Soba Soba Sonoji is located about 12 minutes by car from Fukui Station. The specialty of Soba Soba Sonji is its Jyuwari Soba, which is made from home-milled brown buckwheat produced in Fukui Prefecture and blended with the owner's own unique blend.

The "spicy grated radish soba" is topped with a generous amount of grated radish! Sipping the buckwheat noodles with the grated grated radish in one gulp, you will feel the refreshing spiciness and aroma of the buckwheat noodles. The spiciness was unbearable and brought tears to my eyes. This is a gem to order for this moment!
Soba Soba Soba with grated spicy radish" at Soba Sonoji

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Takefu Station] "Yamamuro" in Takefu, the birthplace of Echizen grated buckwheat noodles.

There are many Echizen Oroshi Soba noodle stores around Takefu Station, which is about 20 minutes by regular train from Fukui Station! Yamamuro" is located about a 9-minute walk from Takefu Station.

Yamamuro's Echizen Oroshi Soba is buckwheat noodles with grated radish in the broth. It is very satisfying and the author prefers this pattern. In addition to grated buckwheat noodles, Echizen City's other local delicacies include "Volga Rice" and "Takefu Ekimae Chinese Soba Noodles," and at Yamamuro you can also enjoy a "Hi-Three Gourmet Sets" that includes a little of each of these three great delicacies.
Echizen Oroshi Soba" at Yamamuro

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Takefu Station] The secret to the deliciousness is the soup stock at Takaseya.

This soba noodle shop, "Takaseya," is also located about a 2-minute walk from Takefu Station. It is a popular restaurant that attracts customers one after another on Saturdays and Sundays.

The "Oroshi-soba" at "Takaseya" is made by pouring the soup stock containing grated radish juice directly over the soba noodles. The distinctive feature of this style of soba is that the soup has a slightly thickened consistency. The soup stock at "Takaseya" contains yam! The spiciness of the squeezed juice from the daikon radish is combined with the yam to create an exquisite mildness.
Oroshi soba" at Takaseya

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Takefu Station] "Menbou Iseya" offers three local delicacies at one time.

Menbou Iseya is located about a 10-minute walk from Takefu Station. During weekday lunch hours, the restaurant is crowded with local businessmen.

That's no wonder. At "Menbou Iseya," you can enjoy three local delicacies of Fukui at once in a hearty meal. The "Hi-Three Gourmet Soup Set" includes Echizen Oroshi Soba, Volga Rice, and Takefu Ekimae Chinese Soba. Recommended for those who are greedy.
Echizen Oroshi Soba" at Menbou Iseya

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Takefu Station] "Goshimizuan" - Our soba noodles are spicy!

Goshimizuan is located about a 3-minute walk from Takefu Station. You can enjoy their special Echizen soba made with 100% Fukui buckwheat flour and spring water from "Goshimizu Fudo," which is certified as Fukui's delicious water.

Echizen Oroshi Soba is characterized by the spiciness of grated radish, and the official website of "Goshimizu-an" clearly states that "our soba is spicy! I have eaten at various soba restaurants and this is the spiciest spiciness of all time. If you do not like spiciness, please order "Oroshi Tororo Soba" (grated yam and grated yam). If you don't like spiciness, order "Tororo Soba with grated yam" and the spiciness will be mild.
Oroshi Tororo Soba at Goshimizuan

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Eiheiji's popular soba restaurant, Kenzo Soba.

At Kenzo Soba, located about a 13-minute walk from Kannonmachi Station, you can enjoy freshly beaten Jyuwari Soba made from a blend of Fukui and Hokkaido buckwheat flours. It is characterized by its flavorful, sweet taste, refreshing throat feeling, and gorgeous aroma.

It is a popular restaurant, and on Saturdays and Sundays, there may be a long wait even after the peak of the lunch hour...! Kenzo Soba" is made by adding Kenzo Soba's special dashitsuyu (soup stock) to the squeezed juice of spicy daikon radish, and adjusting the spiciness as you eat it. The spiciness is a bit strong. There is also "Oroshi-soba" (grated radish) on the menu, which contains grated radish in the broth instead of squeezed radish juice.
Kenzo Soba" at Kenzo Soba

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Echizen-Ono Station] "Meisui Teuchi-Soba Oshimizu" with Kutouryu Maitake Mushroom Tempura.

Meisui Teuchi-Soba Oshimizu is about a 15-minute walk from Echizen-Ono Station. At lunchtime, you can enjoy handmade soba made with 100% buckwheat flour and Koshihikari rice produced in Ono and the famous Ono water, and in the evening, the restaurant is open as an izakaya, "Meisuikitchen Oshozu.

We recommend the "Maitake Mushroom Tempura Grilled Soba! Kuzuryu maitake mushroom tempura is topped with a generous amount of maitake mushrooms, and the crunchy tempura is beyond crispy, making for a very delicious meal.
Maitake Tempura Oroshi Soba" at Meisui Teuchisoba Oshimizu

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Sundome Nishi Station] "Kurasoba Koudou" with all-you-can-eat dried bonito flakes.

Kurasoba Kodo is a soba restaurant in Echizen City. You can enjoy their special buckwheat noodles made from buckwheat seeds produced in Fukui Prefecture and milled in-house. A feature of this restaurant is that you can put bonito flakes on your buckwheat noodles as much as you like!

We ordered "Two flavors," which allows you to taste both yam and grated yam. The grated yam was not that pungent, and even those who do not like pungent flavors could easily enjoy the refreshing soba.
Kurasoba Koudou's "Two flavors

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Sakai City] "Taniguchiya," a set meal at a restaurant specializing in fried bean curd.

Fukui Prefecture is said to be the "kingdom of fried bean curd," with the largest consumption of fried bean curd in the country. Fukui Prefecture is home to Eiheiji Temple, famous for its Zen Buddhism, and fried bean curd and ganmodoki have been popular as vegetarian food since ancient times. Taniguchiya is a long-established fried bean curd and tofu store in Fukui Prefecture that has been in business since 1925. At the restaurant, you can enjoy freshly fried "Taniguchiya's fried bean curd," a specialty of the restaurant.

The highly recommended "Echizen Oroshi Soba Gozen" comes with Echizen Oroshi Soba and fried bean curd that is crispy and savory on the outside and soft and juicy on the inside.
Taniguchiya's "Echizen Oroshi Soba
Taniguchiya's "Oage

Let's eat the best buckwheat noodles in Fukui, a soba powerhouse!

This is a recommendation from the author, who has eaten at many soba restaurants in Fukui during his many business trips to the prefecture. Even though the word "Echizen oroshi-soba" means "Echizen grated buckwheat noodle," each soba restaurant has its own specialties. Please visit Fukui and enjoy eating and walking around.

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