I entered this place for the first time. A soba restaurant in such a location! I decided to try it out. It's about a 5-minute walk from Hamadayama Station towards the national highway. It's located in a shopping street. The interior of the restaurant has a traditional soba shop vibe. I ordered the Katsu-don here for 1200 yen, a bit pricey but looking forward to it. My wife ordered the Tempura Soba for 1600 yen. Quite a few customers are coming in. Is it popular here? After a while, it became full! It's already past 1 pm! Surprising! The Tempura Soba arrived! It's a green tea soba. It's been a while. The soba here has a great texture! And the broth is also very tasty! The surprise is the tempura. Two large shrimp tempura! This is worth it! Very satisfied. Next, the Katsu-don arrived! The appearance is not bad. The rice and broth are delicious without any complaints! However, the meat is thin and tough! Why is that? It's a pity! But the taste is good. Really a shame! It's delicious! But the meat is tough! However, I liked the soba so I will come back to eat again!

I visited here because the Blue House was crowded. I thought I ordered curry seiro, but I got curry soba instead. It was a very hot day, and the broth was piping hot, so it took a while to eat. The price was around 1300-1400 yen. The taste was delicious, and the tea soba had a texture similar to udon.

Specializing in green tea soba noodles is quite rare. The soba noodles served here, whether cold or hot, are all green tea soba. The menu includes Tempura Soba for 1800 yen and Tempura Nanban for 1500 yen. The difference is that Tempura Soba comes with a tempura shrimp while Tempura Nanban comes with green onions. Both the tempura and the broth are served piping hot. The tempura has a crispy coating and the green onions add a nice crunch. When you take a bite of the soba noodles, you can taste the flavor of green tea spreading in your mouth. The portion size is generous, and by the time you finish your meal, you will feel satisfied. Green tea soba is truly a unique and delicious dish, distinct from regular soba noodles.

I have always loved this restaurant since a long time ago! When spring comes, I always crave for green tea soba. On a rainy Saturday, I went all the way to Hamadayama just to eat green tea soba. This specialty soba shop is extremely rare!!! It seems there are only three stores: Matsubara, Nagano, and this one in Hamadayama. This popular shop has been around for almost 50 years in the ever-changing Hamadayama area. Families and solo diners come and go constantly. You can tell how popular it is! Their dedication to green tea soba is admirable. The nostalgic atmosphere of the traditional soba shop is truly something to be grateful for. They are open from 11am to 8pm without breaks, including weekends and holidays. They are closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Enjoying hot sake, tempura, and green tea soba is pure bliss♡ The curry soba was also delicious!! I highly recommend the hot tempura soba. I also like the cold grated yam. I will definitely visit again♡♡♡

I would like to try tea soba as it is not commonly seen. The appearance is beautiful with a nice green color, and the noodles are thin with a firm texture and good chewiness. It has a slight taste of matcha which adds a rich flavor. It was delicious.

I visited during lunchtime on a regular day. They had a summer limited menu with a variety of "cold" dishes. I ordered the cold zaru soba (with tax, 1,000 yen). The first thing that caught my eye was the neatly fried seasonal eggplant tempura. There was also a generous serving of kaiware (daikon radish sprouts). I ordered zaru soba, but then I noticed the crispy tempura bits on the back of the eggplant. The two bright red crab sticks stood out in the presentation. The eggplant tempura had a light, crispy coating and was a refined dish. It felt like a bonus to have such a dish with my soba. The soba noodles were a dark green color and had a shiny, chewy texture similar to ramen noodles. The noodles were a bit heavy for slurping noisily. This place seemed essential for this town, with a steady flow of customers during lunchtime.

Around 12:00, I visited this place☺︎ It's about a 3-minute walk from Hamadayama Station. It was not full during the weekend lunchtime, but about 60-70% occupied, with many elderly customers. There were also a few people dining alone. I ordered the Kaki Tamago Soba for 1,000 yen, which seems to be a winter seasonal item and you could choose between soba or udon. The menu was quite extensive, which was a plus! It arrived about 10 minutes after ordering. The bowl was filled generously with kaki tamago, making it hard to see the soba underneath due to the volume. My companion ordered the seiro, but both were made with cha soba, which is quite rare. The noodles were pleasantly thick and satisfying to eat. Be careful though, as it was served piping hot. The portion was quite large, and I ended up feeling very full♡

Nice to meet you. I'm Makaron. I mainly research and review places near my workplace during lunchtime on weekdays. Since I have limited break time during weekdays, I also evaluate the crowdedness of the restaurants. My criteria for evaluation during weekday lunchtime are speed, affordability, and taste. On weekends, I often visit restaurants that I've been curious about with my parents, wife, sister, friends, etc. I consider not only the taste but also the atmosphere of the restaurant when visiting on weekends. When visiting with my wife, I also include her feedback (from a female perspective) in my reviews. I visited this restaurant during weekday lunchtime. I usually order katsudon at soba restaurants, but since this was a soba shop, I decided to try the soba this time. I ordered the Oroshi Soba in a large portion. The soba served was a vibrant green color and looked very beautiful. I didn't really smell the tea aroma, but the soba had a slight chewiness and was delicious. I ordered a large portion, and it was quite a generous serving that I could barely finish as an adult male, so I was very satisfied. The tempura that other customers ordered made a sizzling sound, and it looked very delicious, so I decided to try a tempura dish next time I visit.

I've known about this place for a long time, but it was my first visit. Instead of regular soba, they served "cha soba". Since they didn't have "kitsune", I ordered "chikara" (1000) which came with fried mochi. The noodles were very green and more like udon than soba. The background music was a koto performance by Nakajima Miyuki. It was 1 pm on a weekday but the place was still busy with customers. They also had dishes like okame, curry, chicken nanban, and oyakodon. It was a delicious meal.

I visited the restaurant just before lunchtime on a regular day. The interior was small with only table seating available. There were 4 tables for 4 people and 2 tables for 2 people, and they quickly filled up after I arrived. This place specializes in tea soba, so they only have tea soba on the menu. Today, I ordered the cold tea soba for 1000 yen including tax. It came with eggplant tempura, which was a nice touch. The tempura was freshly fried and hot. The taste of the cold broth was just right and delicious. The tea soba had a dark green color reminiscent of tea leaves, but I didn't really taste the tea flavor. The soba had a good chewy texture, although it didn't have a strong soba flavor, it was still delicious.

A place near Hamadayama Station on the Keio Inokashira Line. I was torn between Lemon Tree Curry, but I felt like eating soba, so I decided to revisit. It's convenient that they operate without a break and are open all day. I ordered a wonderful dish that satisfies my curry craving: Curry Nanseiro with tea soba. It's a classic Japanese curry dish with delicious taste. The combination of cold soba with hot curry broth is excellent. The thick curry paired with tea soba is luxurious, and the curry is served at the perfect temperature for those with sensitive tongues. This shop specializes in tea soba, so it's strange that they don't have regular soba, but I would like to try other dishes as well. The staff at the shop are warm and provide great customer service, which is a delight. This shop is loved by local regular customers.

The tempura set for 1500 yen (shrimp and green pepper tempura with soba noodles) was decent, but the tempura had too much batter which was disappointing. The soba broth was also lacking flavor, possibly due to it being served right after opening.

"Try the Tempura Nanban Tamagotoji (Tempura with Southern Barbarian-style Egg) with Udon noodles."

The best tasting tempura soba is the warm one. The shrimp is large and firm, a little expensive but worth it. It is brought to you freshly fried, so the sizzling sound adds to the excitement.

Flavor: ★★★★ Soba tea specialty store! Tempura: ○ Cost performance: ★★★☆ Service: ★★★☆ Cleanliness: ★★★ Toilet: × Interior: ★★★☆ Atmosphere: ★★★☆

My first visit was 37 years ago, and I still remember the excitement when the piping hot tempura soba was brought to me with a sizzling sound. The beautiful deep green soba, large shrimp tempura, and the aroma of the broth all stimulated my appetite, making me feel like it was already delicious even before I started eating. Buckwheat noodles contain antioxidants like catechin, vitamin A, vitamin E, and rutin, making it perfect for anti-aging. It is said that you can intake eight times the amount of catechin in tea. I wish I could eat it every day! I envy the locals living near Hamadayama (*^^*) The warm tempura soba is a must-try, but this time I ordered the vegetable tempura soba. I will visit again!!

Soba restaurant located in the northern shopping street from Hamadayama Station on the Keio Inokashira Line. They offer continuous service without a break, which is really helpful! It has a calm and traditional atmosphere, giving off a sense of elegance and sophistication. Despite the slightly higher prices, it's understandable considering it's soba! The Cold Sansai Soba (seasonal item for summer) is visually appealing with plenty of mountain vegetables, imitation crab, and grated radish. The portion size is satisfying, and the soba noodles are chewy and delicious, with just the right amount of coldness. The seasoning for the mountain vegetables is different from other places and tastes really good! This place seems to have delicious soba, rice bowls, and tempura as well. The proprietress also provides great customer service, making it a place worth visiting again in the future.

Dinner on September 10, 2014 (Wednesday). Soba series at a stop along the Inokashira Line. I had heard that there was another soba shop in Hamadayama, where I have been before. I always seem to get lost when I leave Hamadayama Station, even though I try not to. This shop specializes in tea soba, as indicated by the sign "Tea Soba - Inagaki" on the storefront. I ordered the "Tendon" (tempura over rice) for 1200 yen. The soba was too soft and watery, lacking in flavor. The broth was also light and lacked depth. The tempura, made with shrimp and green pepper, was not crispy and had a mushy texture inside. Overall, I was disappointed with the food I had that day.

★June 29, 2012. It had been a while since I visited this restaurant, and I was craving the tempura rice bowl that I used to love. About 34 years ago, when my husband and I were newlyweds and didn't have much money, indulging in this tempura rice bowl here was our only luxury. The previous owner was a grumpy old man, but he was skilled at frying tempura (laughs). When I ordered the tempura soba, the bowl arrived sizzling hot, just like the experience I had at "Toshimichi" in Otsuka years ago. Since then, a few years have passed, and now the business is run by a mother and her son. The coldness of the buckwheat noodles was a bit disappointing, but the broth was delicious with a rich flavor typical of a soba restaurant. The tempura rice bowl had a unique twist to its batter, as it had a color resembling fried chicken rather than traditional tempura. The large, crispy prawns were fresh and delightful, proving that tempura rice bowls are best enjoyed at a soba restaurant! With two prawns, the cost-performance ratio was 1300 yen, making me wonder if it could compete with the famous "Owariya" in Asakusa, where you can get three prawns and more for 1150 yen at "Daikin" in Kugayama! What a steal (laughs). ★Despite being a non-express train stop, Hamadayama has a surprisingly high number of dining options, including several renowned soba restaurants. This particular restaurant has been around since the shopping street was established over 30 years ago, and I recall it being a branch of the main store in Matsubara. Back when I lived nearby, "Inagaki" was the go-to soba restaurant. Run by a tough-looking owner, a chatty proprietress, and occasionally their second-generation helper, this family-run business serves deliciously rich broth that pairs perfectly with the buckwheat noodles. However, my personal recommendation would be the tempura! The tempura rice bowl or tempura soba, in particular, are exquisite. Watching the freshly fried prawn tempura being brought to you sizzling in the broth is a heartwarming sight. In my opinion, soba is all about the broth! If the broth is tasty, everything else falls into place, and Inagaki embodies this belief. It had been a while since I last visited, and it seems there has been a change in management. Nevertheless, the taste and the proprietress's warm smile remained unchanged, which was reassuring. There are several renowned establishments in the neighborhood boasting about their expertise, but a soba restaurant doesn't need to show off. As long as the food is delicious in a humble way, that's what truly matters.