Tateyama Soba

You would expect that on a tourist hotspot like the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route, you would get extraordinary tourist trap prices, after all, there is a captive audience, and also getting logistics up here is hard. But Tateyama Soba offers you an affordable and delicious bowl of soba when you're at your most tired state. It is definitely cheaper than the fast food soba you get in Tokyo, but at around ¥1000, it's pretty affordable for the middle of nowhere.

By the time most people reach Murodo, they would be somewhat tired out by the journey up, and so having a nice hearty bowl of hot soba really hits the spot. Not to mention, it's a standing soba shop, so the turnover of customers is really fast, allowing you to eat quickly and head out without consuming too much of your travel time.

Is it the most amazing soba we have had? Not really, at best we would count it as above average. The soup is tasty, the noodles are average, and the toppings seem to be prepared in advance, so they aren't as fresh as they could be. But that being said, it's a decent bowl of soba, for the price and the location. And we won't hesitate to recommend this as something to eat when you're on the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route and looking for a quick fix.

Of course, if you're tired and you're looking to sit down and rest over lunch, then you're better off going to check out Restaurant Tateyama. Tateyama Soba does open earlier and close later than most of the other restaurants in the area though, so it's a good last resort if you need one.