“Echizen Oroshi Soba” is the best soba noodle that is being particular about how to grind buckwheat flour and dried bonito shavings which are used as seasonings.
There are so many places that are famous for soba noodle in Japan. However, there are not so many soba noodles that are named after the name of a place. Fukui prefecture which used to be called “Echizen” has reprehensive food called “Echizen Oroshi Soba.” If you want to enjoy their food, I would love for you to visit one of the popular restaurants.
The familiar restaurant since they are little.
When you are asked “what do you want to eat in Fukui prefecture,” most people would answer “Echizen Oroshi Soba.” If you love soba noodle, you don’t want to miss this soba noodle which has great combination of grated daikon and dashi (Japanese soup stock.) There are so many different tastes depending on each restaurant, so most people found their favorite soba noodle. Kumiko Otani, the young hostess of one of the most popular restaurants called “Miyoshi-ya” which was established more than eighty years ago said, “People most likely to go out to eat at soba restaurants. There are soba restaurants more than famous hamburger restaurants in Fukui. So I bet people has familiar soba restaurant since they are little.”
This Echizen Soba pictures show you the soba noodle which already has grated daikon on the top, but you technically dump the dashi soup containing grated daikon on the top of soba noodle before you eat by yourself. You won’t be able to stop eating this great combination of soba noodle and soup.
The secret of this taste is chef’s technique and particular dashi soup.
The soba noodles which Miyoshi-ya serve are made of 100% buckwheat flour, but if you ordered to your house, they will mix a little regular wheat flour. It is because they want to avoid the soba noodles getting torn to pieces when they boil it at their house. This particular buckwheat flour is 100% made in Fukui prefecture. The chefs who have proficient skills are grinding with millstones which are also made in Fukui prefecture. The sensitive buckwheat flour which is easily affected by heat can have great flavor by being grinded slowly. And the chefs who trained many years make sure the water temperature which changes depending on the season by their hands, and slice the soba into pieces.
The dashi soup which has been passed down since the establishment of this restaurant mixes two different kinds of soy sauce. By cooling this dashi soup for grated daikon rapidly will make it to have more flavors. And they also mix grated hot daikon and sweet Aokubi daikon, and put green onions and dried bonito shavings. You can enjoy the rich flavor, excellent throat comfort, and great texture at same time by eating this Echizen Oroshi soba.
■Echizen-Soba Miyoshiya
Address: 1-11-3 Junka, Fukui-shi, Fukui
Koji Yamada(Photo/Fusosha)
Yuko Tanaka(Interview & Article/Fusosha)
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Event Overview
Maruoka Castle TowerThe theme of this projection-mapping show is ‘From Maruoka Castle to the World and the Future.’ The Maruoka Junior High School Chorus Club is responsible for some of the event’s music. NAKED Distanced Lanterns®︎A participatory artwork allowing people to create light while maintaining social distance, the NAKED Distanced Lanterns project has invited local citizens to design lanterns to display outside Maruoka Castle. Information
Maruoka Castle x NAKED Hikari Musubi ~Creating the Future~
Address: Maruoka Castle (1-59 Maruokacho Kasumicho, Sakai, Fukui)
Running: October 1, 2021 ~ *Daily Screenings
Hours:
Maruoka Castle Tower Projection-Mapping – Twice daily at 20:00 and 21:00
Otenshuzen Park Projection-Mapping – 18:00-21:00
NAKED Distanced Lanterns®︎ – Six Days Only, on October 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16
Official Site: https://maruoka-castle.jp/
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NAKED launched its Future Creation Project back in 2014 as a way to express local sites around Japan in a creative manner going into the future. The project is held together with local children, grown-ups, and businesses, and takes place both inside and outside Japan. The company took its projection mapping technology to Shinsen Izumi Elementary School in Tokyo in 2014 and again to Kesennumakoyo High School in Miyagi in 2015. It then rolled out its 0 x 0 Mugen Project in collaboration with Osaka University of Arts in 2016 which supports the projects and productions of students at the university as well as students looking to study there. This year, NAKED joined hands with the locals of Fukui to set up a one-year projection mapping event at Maruoka Castle as part of the Future Creation Project.Information
Maruoka Castle x NAKED Hikari Musubi
Japanese Event Name: 丸岡城×ネイキッド ヒカリ結び
Start Date: March 31, 2021
Where: Maruoka Castle (1-59 Maruokachō Kasumichō, Sakai, Fukui
Times: 20:00 / 21:00 (Twice a day for 20 mins)
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Hokkaido Hyaku Soba Asakusabashi
Address: 1-32-5 Yanagibashi, Taito Ward, Tokyo
No Fixed Holidays.
Opening Hours: 11:00-22:00
Price Range: ¥500-¥1,500 (Tax Included)
TEL: 03-5846-9138
Website: https://100soba.com
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SOBA (buckwheat noodles) CAFE & BARU BW CAFE which sells original soba dishes will sell their new menu “Haruiro Vege Pota Tsuke Soba” from the 1st of February.
SOBA CAFE was created under the theme of “making a soba shop where women can enter alone,” and the café opened on the 24th of December 2014. The store located along an alley close to Shin Okubo and it is popular among women and their original and unique soba dishes and fruit nabes (pot) which are suitable to be uploaded on your SNS, has been gathering much attention.
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Let’s enjoy their brilliant, springy and photogenic original soba dishes.
■Information
SOBA CAFE & BARU BWCAFE
Address: 2-7-5, Okubo, Shinjukuku, Tokyo
Business hours: 11:30 to 23:00 (LO 22:00)
Fixed holiday: Sunday
TEL：03-6278-9658
URL：http://tabelog.com/tokyo/A1304/A130401/13177140/
Haruiro Vege Pota Tsuke Soba
Price: 850 yen (tax included)
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■InformationOedo Waen Soba to Nihonsyu no Hakurankai
Date:
November 23rd, 2017 (Thurs./holiday) 15:00 to 21:00
24th (Fri.) 10:00 to 21:00
25th (Sat.) 10:00 to 21:00
26th (Sun.) 10:00 to 18:00 ※All the times noted above are tentative
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Fee: free
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