Kanda Yabu Soba

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Open since 1880 and one of the great names of Tokyo soba; rebuilt after a 2013 fire, it still serves elegant hand-cut buckwheat in a refined courtyard setting that helped define the modern soba restaurant.

A genuine shitamachi institution where seasoned Tokyoites come for the ritual of seiro and a small carafe at lunch; affordable and unpretentious.