Shiga · 2 posts
Japan’s largest lake, Hikone Castle, and the soba fields below Mount Ibuki, where buckwheat growing in Japan is said to have begun.
Japan’s largest lake, Hikone Castle, and the soba fields below Mount Ibuki, where buckwheat growing in Japan is said to have begun.
A native buckwheat that nearly disappeared, now protected as a GI product. A visit to the fields, the seed and the people keeping Ibuki soba alive at the foot of Mount Ibuki, Shiga.
The Soba Worth Driving 200 Kilometres For: Ibuki, Shiga Read More »
Lunch beside Hikone Castle at Tsurukian, where the soba is made from native Ibuki buckwheat: what I ordered, how it tasted, prices and payment tips.
Tsurukian, Hikone: Ibuki Soba Beside the Castle Read More »
