{"id":59136,"date":"2020-03-13T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=59136"},"modified":"2021-09-01T11:13:44","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T02:13:44","slug":"soba-noodles-eating-tour-izushi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/soba-noodles-eating-tour-izushi\/","title":{"rendered":"Soba Noodles Eating Tour in Izushi Castle Town, Hyogo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Itadakimasu!<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/a> With my stomach already dangerously at capacity, I dove into my last order of soba (buckwheat) noodles<\/strong> in the Japanese castle town<\/strong> of Izushi (\u51fa\u77f3)<\/strong>. As my favourite go-to cold noodle dish during the summer months in Japan, I’m normally a bottomless pit when it comes to eating those noodles. I can’t seem to get enough of its chewy texture, the taste of the cold dipping broth, and the intensity of wasabi as it hits my nasal cavity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the coastal city of Toyooka (\u8c4a\u5ca1) <\/strong>in Hyogo prefecture (\u5175\u5eab\u770c), I arrived in Izushi as the rain showers took a break, revealing warm puddles of light that reflected on the wet cement. As if striking a pose, the Izushi Castle Ruins<\/strong> on the mountain face is as generously photogenic as I find the rest of the old town to be. <\/p>\n\n\n\n