Wahei Soba-Dokoro is tucked away on a narrow street in Kusatsu Onsen Town. It looks like a typical Soba shop, except for one thing - you can watch a chef kneading, rolling and cutting dough to make soba noodles in a windowed cubicle next to the entrance. It's hard to walk past a shop like that! We got a table on the other side of the cubicle so we could continue watching while we ate our cold noodles with dipping sauce and the most delicious tempura I've eaten. If you go to Kusatsu Onsen, be sure to check out Wahei Soba-Dokoro.
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A Very Special Soba Restaurant
Watch a chef make soba noodles while you eat
By Cathy Cawood
Community writer
Wahei Soba Restaurant
Kneading the dough
Rolling out the dough
Resting the rolled dough
Cutting the noodles
Hand cut noodles resting on a board
Soba and tempura set
Best tempura I've ever eaten
Salt to dip the tempura
Hand made soba noodles
Sliced green onion and wasabi to mix into the dipping sauce
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486-2 Oaza-Kusatsu, Agatsuma-gun, Kusatsu-machi 377-1711 , Gunma Prefecture (Directions)
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Elena Lisina
8 years ago
Oh, Cathy, I'd like to visit the same places as you! Tempura and soba are my favorites. :)
Sophia Warren
10 years ago
That soba looks delicious. Love the colors of the tempura.
Cold soba and tempura is a really good combination.
Mandy Bartok
10 years ago
That tempura looks delicious, Cathy!
It really was delicious, Mandy.
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