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title: Sagamiya Soba
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journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/narai/
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# Sagamiya Soba

Places we stopped along the way　/　Shiojiri, Nagano

A handmade soba shop in the middle of Narai-juku. The noodles are thin and made with 90% buckwheat; this time I had the hot soba with wild vegetables. There are table seats and a tatami room at the back. Opening hours can change, so check before you go.

413 Narai, Shiojiri, Nagano

## This moment in the journey: Hot soba with wild vegetables

Nagano means soba, above all. I stepped into a handmade soba shop halfway along the post town. What arrived on the tray was hot soba with wild vegetables: a steaming bowl piled with bracken, mushrooms and green onions.

The thin noodles glistened with broth as I lifted them with my chopsticks. The flavor of the soba and the mountain greens seeped into the soup, gentle, deep, and quietly delicious. Sitting in the tatami room, I cradled the bowl and savored it to the end.

Outside, a paper lantern sign reading "handmade soba" hung by the latticed wall, where a pot of yellow flowers had been set.

![A lantern sign for handmade soba by a latticed shopfront](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/narai/s58-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://www.naraijuku.com/shop/post-41/
- Sources: https://www.hotpepper.jp/strJ000361336/

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/narai/