Ebiya — Restaurant in Nagiso

A cute Japanese tea house which serves tea with sweets and Soba(buckwheat noodles). We ordered both hot and cold soba, enjoyed them very much, especially the cold soba, very tasty!

The owner is an old lady and her son(the chef, I guess). The old lady speaks a bit English, she is very patient and lovely. She showed us the way to eat cold soba. :) brought us tea and pickles as well :)

Btw, they have menu in English, including explanations of the sweets and types of...

We went here twice in our short time in Tsumago! Can absolutely recommend. The coffee is lovely as are all the cakes sold at the front of the store. We also tried cold zaru soba and the kind woman taking care of us showed us how to eat it. I even left my water bottle here and they had kept it for me the next day! A beautiful, relaxing, kind, and tasty spot for...

I completely agree with other reviews about the udon here - the broth and noodles are both incredible, and I think the best I had in my travels in Japan. A lovely older lady was very helpful and patient when I was trying to order in English, and also gave me tea for free. Proper traditional tatami flooring as well - a perfect cosy Japanese teahouse vibe....