Izushi town; you can enjoy Soba noodles and the cityscape of Japanese castle town in Hyogo

Izushi town in Hyogo prefecture is famous for Soba (buckwheat noodles). It's very delicious!!
Izushi Soba has a feature that a portion for one person is divided 5 dishes and you can have it by various flavoring such as egg, wasabi and yam etc.

If you have a lot of bowls of soba, you can get certification of connoisseur of soba. Surprisingly, if
you have the certification, you can soba as much as you want at Izushi.

In addition that, Izushi is known as a castle town.
You can see old style Japanese cityscape. It's a quiet atmosphere. And there are dozens of Soba restaurants around bell tower.

  

This is Izushi castle ruins. Izushi castle was built in 1604 and some remains.
The lighting at evening creates a beautiful atmosphere.

This is inside of one of Soba restaurants "Honjin." The wall and ceiling is decorated with folk arts. The Japanese atomsphere are also interesting.  

This is an entrance of the restaurant. The atomsphere is some similar with Traditional Japanese inn.

The town is illuminated at night. It's also fantastic atmosphere.  The bell tower and castle is close to the restaurant "Honjin."

This is night view of Soba restaurant street. The traditional Japanese atmosphere is really nostalgic!

  

You can access Izushi town by bus from Toyooka station.