Eating Soba at Minato-an

Can you eat a mountain of soba?

By Cathy Cawood

Community writer

Soba-yama... a mountain of soba noodles!

Models of food on the menu in a display window near the entrance

Drink as much delicious cold tea as you want

Large paper doll hanging in the corridor

It used to be a private residence, but now this lovely old house in Yokohama is a soba restaurant, one of the Minato-an restaurant chain. There are two seating areas, one a traditional tatami room, and one with chairs and tables. I really wanted to sit in the beautiful tatami room, but sitting on the floor is hard on my knees. I ordered the cold soba and tempura set, which cost less than 1000 yen during for lunch. The soba noodles are served with dipping sauce. The tempura was so delicious, and I always enjoy cold soba. I went there by bicycle, but if you are driving, there is a spacious parking lot outside the restaurant.