Selected local shops! Popular Saitama udon shops

Saitama Prefecture is actually the "Udon Kingdom" that boasts the second place in Japan in udon production! "Gravy udon", where big-name shops compete for taste, has been established as a specialty gourmet in Saitama. Attention is also paid to local udon noodles in various parts of Saitama, such as "Kawahaba Udon" in Kounosu City, which is 10cm wide.

■ 2 popular gravy udon shops

Fujidana Udon (Saitama City)

It is a super-famous restaurant that tow the popularity of Saitama udon, and 500 meals of udon noodles a day. The signboard menu "Gravy udon" features dark-eyed tsuyu with the sweetness and richness of pork, and bouncy, medium-sized homemade noodles.

■ Fujidana Udon

Address: 6-14-7 Mihashi, Nishi-ku, Saitama
Opening hours: 10-15
Holidays: Saturday, Sunday, holiday
Access: 10 minutes from JR Omiya Station to Seibu Bus Nishi-asuma, immediately off Mihashi 6-chome

Inakappeudon-honten (Kumagaya City)

This is a long-established udon restaurant with about 50 years of history in Kumagaya City, where udon culture is deeply rooted due to the thriving wheat production. They only serve Musashino-style dipping sauce. The udon is prepared in four stages and served at the most delicious matured point. The recommended dish is "Meat and Green Onion Udon," which comes with thinly sliced ​​pork and green onions in a sweet and salty sauce.

■ Inakappeudon-honten

Address: Kumagaya City,dai 1061
Opening hours: 10-15
Closed: Sunday
Access: 20 minutes by car from JR Kumagaya Station

■ 3 local udon restaurants in Saitama

[Fukaya-ni-boto] Men-ya Chubei Ni-boto ten (Fukaya City)

A specialty store for "Ni-boto", which uses a 100-year-old old private house that stands next to the former Shibusawa residence "Naka-n-chi", the birthplace of Eiichi Shibusawa. "Ni-boto" is a local dish of Fukaya that Eiichi also liked. The soy sauce-flavored tsuyu, which is cooked with plenty of locally grown vegetables such as Fukaya leeks, radishes and Chinese cabbage, has a mellow taste.

■ Men-ya Chubei Ni-boto ten

Address: 247-1Chiaraijima, Fukaya-shi, Saitama
Open: 11:30 to 14:00 LO
Closed: No Closed
Access: 20 minutes by car from JR Fukaya Station

[Kounosu Kawahaba Udon] Nen Kobo Kuraichi (Kounosu City)

"Kounosu Kawahaba Udon" was born because the width of the Arakawa River flowing through the city of Kounosu is the largest in Japan. This is known as the birthplace of the shop, and the Kawahaba udon made carefully by hand using flour from Kounosu City is 10cm wide! "Kawahaba Miso-stewed udon" is a gem of a soup based on miso with clam flavor.

■ Nen Kobo Kuraichi

Address: 4-1-36 Ningyo, Kounosu-shi
Hours: 11:30 to 14:30 LO, 17:30 to 19:30 LO
Holidays: Thursday, Sunday night
Access: 20 minutes from JR Kounosu Station

[Ippon Udon] Gotetsu (Hanyu City)

The Tōhoku Expressway "Hanyu Parking Area (Uphill)" is a "Onihei Edo-dokoro" with a selection of delicious gourmets and souvenirs. One of them, "Ippon Udon", which appears in "Onihei Crime Book", is a specialty in "Gotetsu". Produced by Tamahide, a long-established chicken restaurant in Nihonbashi Ningyocho, Tokyo, the dish is tasted with a 55cm-long, super-thick udon noodles with sweet sauce, hot spring eggs, and green onions.

■ Gotetsu

Address: 1686 Miroku-aza-goken, Hanyu-shi Hanyu Parking Area (up)
Opening hours: 10-21
Closed: No Closed
Access: 15 minutes by car from Tōbu Railway/Chichibu Railway Hanyu Station

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