Japanese Noodle Making Class

Overview

Available languages

Chinese (Taiwan)

English

2 hours

Mobile ticket

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

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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

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

Reviews

5.00

3 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

Fun and Delicious Soba Making Experience
t0kuyas,
Sep 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
A 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
5.00
A 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
5.00
I 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.