Jikyuan Soba Restaurant

Hitachiota City

Northern Ibaraki

Japanese Food

Vegetarian

Vegan

Noodles

Jikyuan is a renowned soba restaurant located in Hitachiota City, one of the most famous areas for Hitachi Aki Soba, a local buckwheat specialty.

Popular among soba enthusiasts, the restaurant often attracts long lines on weekends. The owner personally cultivates the buckwheat using traditional slash-and-burn farming methods, producing soba entirely in-house—from cultivation to milling. The noodles are fresh, springy, and rich in aroma. In addition to classic zaru soba, a must-try is the hearty kenchin soba, a local specialty noodle soup packed with vegetables.

The restaurant is housed in a charming thatched-roof building, reminiscent of a European country cottage.

Information

Address: 2162 Keganocho, Hitachiota, Ibaraki
Access: By public transport: About 40 minutes by bus from Hitachi-Ota Station, get off at “Ryujin Otsuribashi” and walk for 10 minutes. Or about 20 minutes by taxi.
By car:
About 30 minutes from Hitachi-Minami-Ota IC on the Joban Expressway.
Business Hours: 11:30 – 14:30
Closed: Tuesday - Thursday (and the day after national holidays)
Please note: Service ends when sold out.
Website: https://www.jikyuan.co.jp/top.html
Contact: 0294-70-6290
Parking: Standard-sized cars: 10

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