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    Izushi Sara Soba

Izushi Sara Soba

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  • Main lore areas

    Izushi Town, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture

  • Main ingredients used

    Soba flour, wheat flour

  • History/origin/related events

    Izushi Sara Soba is a local dish of Izushi Town, Toyooka City, where several pieces of soba are served on small white porcelain plates with sauce and condiments in a small sake cup. 5 pieces of soba are one serving. Locals say that a serving of soba is equal to the height of a pair of chopsticks held up by an adult male.
    It began in 1706, when Masaaki Sengoku, a feudal lord from Ueda in Shinshu (Nagano Prefecture), brought a soba craftsman with him. New techniques were added to the soba-making techniques that had existed before that time, and for more than 300 years since then, soba has developed through the training of craftspeople while making improvements. Izushi soba is made using the traditional method of freshly ground, freshly beaten, and freshly boiled soba. The small dish on which the soba is served is approximately 13 cm in diameter and is said to have originated around the end of the Edo period when soba was served in a small, shallow, handmade salt dish for easy portability when served at food stalls. Later, white porcelain from Izushi ware came to be used.

  • Opportunities and times of eating habits

    It is eaten regardless of the season. There are about 40 restaurants serving Izushi Sara Soba in the town (as of 2021), and it is readily available.

  • How to eat

    Served on a small plate about 13 cm in diameter, the soba is dipped in sauce poured from a small sake cup into a soba cup and dipped in egg, yam, green onion, grated radish, wasabi, and other condiments.

  • Efforts for Preservation and Succession

    Locally produced soba has been certified as “Hyogo Safe Brand Food” by Hyogo Prefecture and as “Stork Dance” by Toyooka City.
    The Izushi Sara Soba Cooperative Association has registered Izushi Sara Soba and Izushi Soba as regional collective trademarks and holds a New Soba Festival every November. In April each year, the Izushi Soba Eating Contest is held by the Tajima-no-kuni Izushi Kankyo Kyokai (Tajima Country Izushi Tourist Association). In addition, the Izushi Machizukuri Public Corporation sells products that allow visitors to compare soba at three of the town's soba stores and experience soba making.

RECIPE

Ingredients (4 servings)

  • Izushi Soba Noodles To taste
  • [Condiments] Dried grated radish, chopped green onion, horseradish, grated yam, egg, and other spices To taste
  • Soba sauce To taste

How to cook

  • 1. Boil soba in plenty of hot water.

  • 2. Pour the soy sauce into a buckwheat noodle cup and add the sauce and the condiments.

  • 3. Dip the soba into the sauce and eat.

provider : Recipe provided by: Izushi Sara Soba Cooperative Association

Recipes vary depending on the region and home.

Contact

Food Cultures Office, Overseas Market Development and Food Cultures Division, Food Industry Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Tel:+81-3-3502-5516

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