A note on the words: soba are thin buckwheat noodles, served here chilled on a bamboo sieve (zaru) with a dipping sauce (tsuyu). The wasabi in this dish is chopped Okutama wasabi leaves and stems, served on a side plate to wrap around the noodles. Sansai are edible wild mountain greens, tororo is grated mountain yam, and miso dengaku is konnyaku topped with miso (here a homemade yuzu miso). Sawanoi is a sake from Ozawa Shuzo in Sawai, also in Ome City.
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Fujimine Ken on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
To all you hiking lovers out there, thank you for waiting! It’s time for Hangover Meshi!
I don’t do much hiking myself, but I was invited along to Mount Mitake in Ome, Tokyo! Changing trains several times and finally taking the cable car. After that long journey, I finally made it up the mountain, but…
It was pouring rain, ha ha!
For the time being, I decided to duck into the shop right in front of me to have lunch while sheltering from the rain.
Right in front as you get off the Mount Mitake cable car, before you can even turn around. Standing at Mitakedaira, Fujimine Ken has apparently been an eatery since 1935 (Showa 10). On a clear day you can apparently see both Tokyo Skytree and Mount Tsukuba from the storefront, but on this day that was absolutely impossible, ha.
They actually have quite a wide variety on the menu.
We’re about to climb, so I’ll save the alcohol for the way back…
I do have THAT much sense!!!!
Looking over the menu, I spotted “wasabi soba” marked as seasonal!
A deep bamboo zaru is heaped with thin-cut soba, with shredded nori on top. On the small side dish next to it, chopped wasabi (is this “tsumami hana-wasabi”, I wonder?) is piled up vivid green. This is wasabi from Okutama. It is seasonal from April to late September, and apparently this shop is the only one on Mount Mitake that serves it.
First, one strand plain. The soba, apparently boiled in Mitake water, slides cool and smooth down the throat; chew it, and the aroma of buckwheat rises softly. The main event starts from here. Take a pinch of the wasabi leaves, wrap them around the soba, and drop them into the dipping sauce (tsuyu). The leaves and stems, steeped in soy sauce, are crisp; the moment you bite, a little late, the heat shoots up into the back of your nose. It is not the straight-line heat of tube wasabi, but one that brings a green aroma. The heat does not linger and fades quickly, so it is very easy to eat.
The portion is a bit small, but we’re about to exercise, so eighty-percent full is plenty!
By the time I finished eating, the rain had eased enough that we could manage with an umbrella. Sheltering from the rain with Okutama wasabi and soba was really good! Honestly, I would have loved to drink some alcohol while nibbling on lots of things, but let’s save that for the way back if we can stop by! If you ever come to Mount Mitake, why not drop in?
May you meet something delicious today too!
Fujimine Ken Menu
Hot soba / udon
Soba and udon are the same price whichever you choose. Prices you would not expect at a station-front spot 831 meters up.
Apparently made with homemade mountain mushrooms for an old-fashioned flavor. Word has it that many repeat customers come looking for this.
Reportedly a bowl combining homemade curry containing meat and vegetables with dashi broth.
Described as a light chicken-bone soy sauce broth. The reassuring comfort of being able to order ramen at a soba shop.
Cold soba / udon
A portion boiled in Mitake water. The bamboo zaru looks small but is deep, so it fills you up surprisingly well.
Seasonal / limited time
A seasonal bowl using wasabi from Okutama. Available hot or cold.
Set meals
Simmered shimeji mushrooms, tororo, miso dengaku, pickles, rice, soba (choice of hot or cold)
Warabi, tororo, miso dengaku, pickles, rice, miso soup
Miso dengaku, pickles, small side dish, rice, miso soup
Rice dishes
Appetizers
This is the drinkers’ home base. Everything is 400 to 500 yen.
Piping-hot konnyaku generously coated with homemade yuzu miso. The accompaniment is apparently seasonal pickles.
Alcohol
A brand from Ozawa Shuzo in Sawai, right here in Ome City. Local sake has made the climb all the way up the mountain.
Sweets & beverages
Strawberry / Lemon / Blue Hawaii / Matcha / Milk
A sign reading “Brewed with delicious mountain water.” Souvenir drip bags are 300 yen.
Soba, udon, and set meals can be upsized to a large portion for 100 yen more.
*From the storefront menu at the time of visit in September 2026. Prices include tax; menu items change with the seasons. Please check the official website or storefront for the latest information.
Fujimine Ken (Cafeteria / Kawai Station, Kori Station, Mitake Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.3
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
