Shinsho Soba

深生そば

Stone-milled soba in a tatami room looking out on Lake Ashi

⚠ Irregular closing days

Hours

11:00–16:00; Sat, Sun & holidays 10:30–17:00; irregular closures

Budget

¥1,200–2,500 pp

Address

6-17 Moto-Hakone, opposite Hakone Shrine's first torii

A lakeside soba shop running for over fifty years. Buckwheat from Shikaoi in Hokkaido is ground on an old-style millstone, and the noodles come out smooth with real spring. The tatami seats look straight out over Lake Ashi, a good stop before the pirate ship or after Hakone Shrine. Ten-seiro, with prawn and six kinds of vegetable tempura, is the big seller.