Nakasa — Restaurant in Kobe

Nakasa was one of the few restaurants that were opened on a weekday afternoon at Arima. My friends and I were looking for a spot to grab a bite and they happened to be opened a little after 14:00.

It was a bummer that they were out of their famous soba when we went so we opted for other noodles instead. With limited veg options, I went for their cold soba noodles and asked for shoyu as a dipping sauce. While that got a few head turns, they were able to provide me with a small dipping tray of soy sauce for my simple udon.

My lunch also came with cold Yuba which is a local delicacy in Arima. I enjoyed the fresh tofu skin that added a bit more to my noodles.

My meal itself was pretty basic and there wasn't much excitement to it if I'm being honest. However, I was still happy that we found a spot to just relax in and enjoy a light bite while the weather was being pretty...

Restaurant located right next to the Kin onsen (gold). Ordered the duck soba which was quite tasty. Generous slices of duck meat and the soup was quite delicious. Fairly busy when we lined up for food which was towards the end of the lunch time rush. It wasn't small inside but was packed with people. Toilet is available. Staff are pretty friendly and accommodating. Convenient location as you can head to the onsen straight after eating or go after soaking. If you want to add an extra raw egg it is an additional 100 yen. Price is on the expensive side due to high tourist...

This was a cute and excellent place to eat! I think it’s underrated with the reviews, but I had the A1 sukiyaki with soba noodles and it was excellent. Expensive for Japan, but not for such high quality beef in the states! Tons of food with the sukiyaki…. It would have been good to share. Noodles were a perfect QQ texture. My husband had the curry udon noodles and the broth was...