# The best regional soba of Japan

Wanko soba, Togakushi, Izumo, hegi and Echizen oroshi soba: Japan's famous regional buckwheat noodles.

- 21 votes · 19 items
- Jun 9, 2025 · Mai Yoshida
- https://even.best/en/l/3477/the-best-regional-soba-of-japan

## Top 19

1. **Togakushi soba** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Togakushi's famous soba from Nagano.
2. **Wanko soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Iwate soba served in endless small bowlfuls.
3. **Izumo warigo soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Izumo soba served in stacked red lacquer bowls.
4. **Hegi soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Niigata soba bound with funori seaweed.
5. **Echizen oroshi soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Fukui soba with grated spicy radish.
6. **Jindaiji soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Soba of Jindaiji temple in Chofu, Tokyo.
7. **Ita soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Yamagata soba served in a shallow wooden box.
8. **Iya soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Rustic soba from Iya, Tokushima.
9. **Kawara soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Green-tea soba served on a hot roof tile, Shimonoseki.
10. **Taishu soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Tsushima soba made from a near-original strain.
11. **Tsugaru soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Aomori soba bound with soybeans.
12. **Yamato soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Binder-free soba from Yamato, Kitakata.
13. **Motoyama soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — From Motoyama, Shiojiri, said to be the birthplace of soba noodles.
14. **Cha soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Shizuoka soba made with green tea.
15. **Atsumori soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Warm steamed soba, found in Kansai.
16. **Satsuma soba** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kagoshima soba bound with yam, topped with satsuma-age.
17. **Cold niku soba** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Cold soba with chicken from Kahoku, Yamagata.
18. **Takato soba** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Ouchi-juku soba, from the Takato tradition.
19. **Nishimonai soba** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Akita funori soba eaten in cold broth even in winter.

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