I visited Matsumoto for the Matsumoto City Museum of Art.
Wanting to eat Shinshu soba, I searched for a shop and found “Kurekino Ekisha-ten,” located right by Matsumoto Station. The “Ekisha-ten” branch is directly connected to the station.
It seems this handmade soba shop’s products are also available for purchase via Rakuten mail-order.
I ordered the zaru soba with maitake mushroom tempura.
Both the soba and tempura were plentiful. Both soba dipping sauce and tempura dipping sauce were included.
I also ordered a draft beer, by the way. A small appetizer (200 yen) came with it. Beer and tenzaru at a soba shop on a hot day — it doesn’t get better than that.
Even solo diners can relax comfortably at the counter seats. There were many customers back from hiking in the mountains.
Lunch Overall Score ★★★☆☆ 3.4Kurekino Ekisha-ten （Soba / Matsumoto Station、Nishi-Matsumoto Station、Kita-Matsumoto Station）
