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Savor 100% Soba and Explore a Sacred Shrine at Ryozen Takeyama Roadside Station in Gunma, Japan

Experience Tranquility and History at Ryozen Takeyama Roadside Station in Nakanojo, Gunma Ryozen Takeyama Roadside Station – A Quiet Moment in History I made a little stop at “Ryozen Takeyama Roadside Station” in Nakanojo Town, Gunma Prefecture. There’s a charming soba restaurant called Keyaki with a traditional thatched roof, and I really wanted to try their handmade soba noodles… but alas, I was too early and they weren’t open yet 😭 They serve a super limited dish called Choei Soba, inspired by a famine relief book written by the 19th-century doctor and scholar Choei Takano. It’s made with soba and ...

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