{"id":1599,"date":"2013-10-17T14:13:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T05:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=1599"},"modified":"2013-10-17T14:13:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-17T05:13:37","slug":"nagawa-soba-festa-oct-20th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/nagawa-soba-festa-oct-20th\/","title":{"rendered":"Nagawa &#8220;Soba Festa&#8221; Oct 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nagawa is a small village located on the western mountain range, about one hour away from JR Matsumoto Station by both train and local bus.<br \/>\nThere, &#8220;Soba Festa&#8221; has been held until November 4th. During the festival, various Soba restaurants are serving this year&#8217;s first cropped soba and having stamp rally. Collect stamps by trying at different soba restaurants during this season, guests will get some prize. \u00a0But forget about prize and such, Soba in Nagawa is already rewarding!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/soba02.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"soba02\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/soba02.jpg?resize=228%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/soba.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"soba\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/soba.jpg?resize=205%2C291&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"291\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013sinsoba1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"2013\u0093\u00de\u0090\u00ec\u0082\u00bb\u0082\u00cd?\u0083`\u0083\u0089\u0083V\u0095\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013sinsoba1-212x300.jpg?resize=212%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013sinsoba2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"2013\u0093\u00de\u0090\u00ec\u0082\u00bb\u0082\u00cd?\u0083`\u0083\u0089\u0083V\u0097\u00a0\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2013sinsoba2-212x300.jpg?resize=212%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> This Sunday the 20th, they are serving &#8220;Nagawa Soba&#8221; which only use this region&#8217;s buckwheat for 500 yen at Sansai kan. \u00a0After having wonderful meal, travelers can relax at the local inn&#8217;s natural hot spring &#8220;Onsen&#8221;. Enjoy autumn&#8217;s breath taking colorful foliage on the mountain and delicious local soba in Matsumoto&#8217;s back yard!<\/p>\n<div id=\"shorten_url\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/18nOyTI\" target=\"_blank\">Nagawa Soba Festa Map<\/a> <\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/chart.apis.google.com\/chart?cht=qr&amp;chs=150x150&amp;chl=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F18nOyTI\" border=\"0\" alt=\"QR\u30b3\u30fc\u30c9\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tosaya-bath.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" title=\"Tosaya bath\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Tosaya-bath-300x205.jpg?resize=300%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/nagawa-soba-festa-oct-20th\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/nagawa-soba-festa-oct-20th\/\" data-text=\"Nagawa &quot;Soba Festa&quot; Oct 20th\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagawa is a small village located on the western mountain range, about one hour away from JR Matsumoto Station by both train and local bus. There, &#8220;Soba Festa&#8221; has been held until November 4th. During the festival, various Soba restaurants are serving this year&#8217;s first cropped soba and having stamp rally. Collect stamps by trying at different soba restaurants during this season, guests will get some prize. \u00a0But forget about prize and such, Soba in Nagawa is already rewarding!! This Sunday the 20th, they are serving &#8220;Nagawa Soba&#8221; which only use this region&#8217;s buckwheat for 500 yen at Sansai kan. \u00a0After having wonderful meal, travelers can relax at the local [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/nagawa-soba-festa-oct-20th\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/sightseeing\/nagawa-soba-festa-oct-20th\/\" data-text=\"Nagawa &quot;Soba Festa&quot; Oct 20th\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":1600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2359,2354,2365,2355,2356,2358],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/soba02-1.jpg?fit=228%2C170","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nagawa &quot;Soba Festa&quot; Oct 20th | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nagawa is a small village located on the western mountain range, about one hour away from JR Matsumoto Station by both train and local bus. 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