Activities & Experiences · Tateishi / Katsushika
Edo Tokyo Soba no Kai (Soba-Making Class) 江戸東京そばの会
A soba school in Katsushika that has trained hundreds of noodle makers, offering a visitor workshop where you mix, knead, roll and cut buckwheat noodles by hand, and then eat them.
About
Making soba is a craft of seconds: the buckwheat dough is dry and unforgiving, and the rolling and folding must be fast and even. Edo Tokyo Soba no Kai is a working school, around 600 graduates, more than 200 of whom have opened their own shops, and its visitor class gives you a proper taste of that discipline. After watching an instructor demonstrate, you mix and knead the flour and water, roll the dough into a thin sheet with long rolling pins, fold it and cut it into even strands with the heavy soba knife, then sit down to eat your own noodles. The class lasts about two and a half hours and starts at 11:00. Instruction is in Japanese with gestures, so it's best for curious travellers comfortable following along, or with a Japanese-speaking friend.
Highlights
- Hand-make soba from flour to noodles
- Use a real soba knife and cutting board
- Eat your own noodles at the end
- Taught by a school that has trained hundreds of soba chefs
- Local Katsushika neighbourhood near Tateishi's retro drinking alleys
Tips
- Reserve in advance; the class starts at 11:00 and runs about 150 minutes
- Closed Mondays and Tuesdays
- Instruction is mainly in Japanese, bring a Japanese speaker if possible
- Afterwards explore Tateishi's famous standing bars and Shibamata two stops away
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