Overview
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2 hours
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Whether you are a child or a foreign tourist, anyone can enjoy authentic soba noodle making experience at Shinshu Soba Restaurant Yamahei in Karuizawa Prince Outlets (5-minute walk from Karuizawa Shinkansen Station). An Experienced instructor will carefully guide you through the process of kneading, stretching, and cutting soba noodles. The finished soba noodles will be served with tempura and the famous walnut sauce on the spot.
Additional Info
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
What To Expect
When you think about Japanese traditional food, probably Sushi, tempura, and soba will come to your mind . Among Soba, Shinshu(old name of Nagano) soba is used for soba produced in Nagano Prefecture. This land has been famous for soba since ancient times. Nagano is a mountainous prefecture which doesn’t have many flat fields. Fortunately, soba is best suited for cultivation in high-and-cold regions. That’s why good quality soba has been cultivated on the slopes of the mountains in Nagano. In this restaurant, we peel off the soba husk by ourselves and grind the soba flour using a millstone and water mill. Karuizawa is famous for Walnut soba. It is one of the ways to eat Shinshu soba by putting ground walnuts in the soba soup. After today’s experience, we will serve the dish with the walnuts in a small mortar, so if you are interested, you can try grinding the walnuts yourself and adding them to the soba soup.
Options
Japanese Noodle Making Class
What‘s Included
Experienced instructor teaches soba noodle making
All Fees and Taxes
Rental of soba noodle making tools and original samue (traditional Japanese work clothes) and maekake (Japanese traditional apron)
Soba noodles made by yourself and served at the restaurant, Tempura, Walnut Soba Soup
You can take Tenugui (Japanese traditional towel) as gift.
Private transportation
Local Japanese Sake and craft beer
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
6 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Check this for Karuizawa must do
janice2121,Dec 3, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Highly recommended! Fun n engaging, totally hands on experience in making soba from scratch. Then it's cooked n you get to taste your masterpiece with tempura & walnut sauce.
Wonderful soba noodle making class
janepirie,Nov 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We had an incredible time at this soba noodle making class! The teachers were welcoming and knowledgeable. The cooking instructions were available in English and Japanese, which was very helpful. After making the noodles, we got to enjoy them with a lovely meal provided by the restaurant. The meal included walnuts to create the Nagano speciality dipping sauce and tempura. We would definitely recommend this experience, it was a highlight of our trip.
Highlight of our trip!
845yanickm,Nov 17, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This was a terrific class and a highlight of our trip! The staff were friendly and spoke good English, and we learned a lot about soba noodles. It was very wholesome to make noodles from scratch and then eat them in a delicious meal at the end! Thank you for the experience!
Fun and Delicious Soba Making Experience
t0kuyas,Sep 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A very kind local soba chef will teach you. The taste of the soba I made was exceptional. There are also soba-making costumes and pedestals for elementary school students, so even children can enjoy them.
Fun and delicious soba making experience
t0kuyas,Dec 28, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A local soba artisan was very kind to tell us! Guides in English are also available. The region's specialty, walnut soba, was excellent. It is very recommended because it is located in the outlet and has good access.
A great experience to learn about the Japanese food culture of Soba in earnest
Traveler16807445882,Dec 28, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00I joined in between meetings at Karuizawa Prince Hotel. I was very happy to get to know the people who were at the conference with me and to introduce them to the soba of Japanese food culture.
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