A note on the words: soba are Japanese buckwheat noodles. Seiro refers to chilled soba served on a bamboo tray with dipping sauce on the side, while hiyakake means cold broth is poured directly over the noodles in the bowl. Tanuki indicates dishes topped with crisp fried tempura batter bits (agedama), ebiten is shrimp tempura, and nozawana is a classic pickled leafy green from Nagano prefecture.
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Soba Dokoro Miyota Nagano honten on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Hello, this is Hangover Meshi. On the day of heading home from Nagano, having a little spare time, I decided to drop into a soba (buckwheat noodles) shop inside the station for a quick bite. Having previously been to Kusabue, this time I headed to Soba Dokoro Miyota, which sits just short of it. And looking into it while writing this up, I realized they actually have a branch in Toranomon Hills: Shinshu Sobakiri Miyota Toranomon Hills. W-well, the Nagano one is the flagship shop after all! It was delicious, so all is well.
There was a bit of a queue, but after writing my name down out front, I was seated in about ten minutes.
Seiro — 850 yen
Sesame-broth seiro — 980 yen
Nagaimo tororo seiro — 980 yen
Tempura seiro — 1,550 yen
Hiyakake oroshi soba — 980 yen
Hiyakake ebiten tanuki soba — 1,190 yen
Kamojiru seiro — 1,290 yen
Now, after deliberating through the options, I decided to go with my usual tanuki soba.
And after a short wait, here is what arrived.
A rather deluxe tanuki soba!
It is also delightful to see nozawana (a pickled leaf vegetable of Nagano) piled generously on top, true to Nagano.
The toppings include kamaboko (fish cake), shiitake mushroom, nozawana, agedama (crisp batter bits), two ebiten (shrimp tempura), and plenty of grated daikon radish.
Mmm, looks delicious. Stirring the cold broth through it all and taking a bite: excellent.
Perhaps it is just my imagination, but it feels like soba tastes good wherever you eat it in Nagano.
The portion of the noodles themselves is on the modest side.
There are medium and large servings, as well as extra noodle orders available, so it is great that you can easily adjust if it feels like too little!
This is the hiyakake oroshi soba.
Though honestly, the tanuki had grated daikon too, and if you get all those extra toppings for just 210 yen more, tanuki is 100% the better choice, ha.
This is a medium serving of seiro soba. A bit much, if anything!
So, I managed to squeeze in a visit to a soba shop just before leaving, and I thought it was a fine shop that suited that need very well. The standard portion is slightly on the small side, but as long as you know in advance, you can simply size up to medium or large, so volume is the only thing to keep in mind! Ah, eating soba in Nagano reminded me of Togakushi soba — now I really want to go eat that too!
Soba Dokoro Miyota Nagano honten (Soba (Buckwheat noodles) / Nagano Station, Nagano Station, Shiyakusho-mae Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.4
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
