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Soba Making Workshop in Natori City
Soba chef instructors teach soba making using locally produced buckwheat (soba) flour from Natori, Miyagi Prefecture. The soba restaurant grinds flour every morning that you'll use, so your soba will be very fresh and delicious♪
Operation Period
All year round (on Tuesdays)
Time Required
About 3 hours
Number of Participants
4〜20people
Price
*Anyone is welcome to join this program, but please understand that staff can only accept inquiries and communicate in Japanese. You don't have to worry if your Japanese is not perfect. Just watch and imitate the instructors' methods.
Experience making handmade soba at our “Soba Dojo”, located next to our soba restaurant. We will make “Nihachi” soba, which is made of 20% wheat flour and 80% buckwheat (soba) flour.
Process of Making Soba:
Mix and sift → add water → mix in water → roll into small balls → knead dough → push down with body and roll dough → flip over and over while pushing the air out → roll into flat circle → roll into a square → straighten out → fold → cut → throw on small amount of flour → finish.
Instructors will guide you through the entire process of making soba in an easy-to-understand way. Take home the delicious and aromatic soba you made as a souvenir.
*Note that the workshop may be cancelled due the local COVID-19 virus situation. Please contact us for details.
| Experience Program Name | Soba Making Workshop in Natori City |
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| Activity Location | Farm Kitchen Shinmei Sobakei |
| Time Required | About 3 hours |
| Operation Period | All year round (on Tuesdays) |
| Start Time | 9:00 |
| Minimum number of participants | 4people |
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| Maximum number of participants | 20people |
| Reservation Deadline | 7 days before by 14:00 |
| About suspension of the activity | The event may be cancelled in case of natural disasters or the instructors' schedule. |
| Important notes regarding participation | Things to bring: apron, 3-sided cloth for head cover (hankerchief, head wrap, etc.), indoor shoes, 3-4 towels, bring-home containers (21cm or larger). |
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| What is included in the price | Materials fee, experience fee, instruction fee, consumption tax. | ||
| Method of Payment | Pay in cash on the day. | ||
| About cancellations and changes | In case of cancellation or changes, please contact us as soon as possible. | ||
| Cancellation Policy | There is no cancellation charge. |
| Meeting Spot | Shinmei-10 Tako, Natori-shi, Miyagi-ken 981-1221 2F "Soba Dojo" |
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| Meeting Time | Please come by your reserved time. |
| Access | --By Public Transportation-- 10-minute taxi ride from JR Minami Sendai Station (Tohoku Line・Joban Line) --By Car-- 30-minute drive from Sendai Station 15-minute drive from Tohoku Expressway Sendai-Minami IC |
| Parking | Yes Room for about 50 cars. Free. (large buses can also use the parking area) |
| Facility Information | Restroom, soba restaurant, direct sales shop of vegetables, etc. |
| Barrier-free Access | No |
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| About Guides and Tours | The workshop will be lead by soba chef instructors. |
| About multi-lingual support | Japanese |
The buckwheat (soba) flour is grown in our own fields in Natori City. It is carefully dried and grinded every morning with the flour mill at our restaurant. The tall and large grains of "Hitachi-aki soba" (a soba brand developed in the late 1970s in Ibaraki Prefecture) make it fall over easily and become damaged in strong wind or rain. However, the soba taste is very sweet and sticky, and it has a chewy texture when it is cut into soba noodles, and there is no strong sour taste. Not only experienced soba fans, but anyone that loves to eat good food will enjoy the taste of our soba! Soba made from the grinded buckwheat (soba) flour is also available for sale at our on-location shop.