Introducing restaurants in Sapporo that use buckwheat flour and Kurosengoku soybeans from Hokuryu Town: "Handmade Soba Rutin," "Sake and Soba Maruki," "Soba and Wine Seki," and "Italian Cuisine Irpino."

Monday, November 8, 2021

During the Hokuryu Town Product Fair 2021 event, we visited a restaurant that serves dishes made with buckwheat flour and Kurosengoku soybeans from Hokuryu Town.

We will introduce four restaurants: "Teuchi Soba Ruchin," "Sake and Soba Maruki," and "Soba and Wine Seki," which serve soba noodles made with buckwheat flour produced in Hokuryu Town, and "Italian Cuisine Irpino," which serves dishes made with Kurosengoku soy meat.

A shop in Sapporo that uses buckwheat flour from Hokuryu Town

Handmade soba noodles Rutin

This restaurant opened in the Odori area of Chuo Ward, Sapporo in April 2019. We had lunch together at the introduction of Mayor Yutaka Sano of Hokuryu Town.

The restaurant serves elegant dishes in a relaxed atmosphere. They use stone-ground buckwheat flour from Hokuryu Town, which has a chewy texture and a rich buckwheat aroma.

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Duck steamed

Mayor Yutaka Sano and the store owner

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Handmade soba noodles at Ruchin (Sapporo City) - Enjoy "Kamo Seiro" (duck soba) made with buckwheat flour from Hokuryu Town

Tuesday, November 9, 2021. Located in the Odori area of Chuo Ward, this shop opened in April 2019. The name "Rutin" comes from the compound "Rutin" found in buckwheat.

Sake and Soba Maruki

Founded in 1889 (Meiji 22) at Minami 2-jo Nishi, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, the restaurant has been in business for 132 years and is now run by the fifth-generation owner, Junichi Ota. For generations, the restaurant has used firm and fragrant buckwheat flour from Hokuryu Town. This is a restaurant where you can enjoy soba noodles, a stylish snack that pairs perfectly with sake.

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Mountain wasabi steamer & tempura

Owner Junichi Ota

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Sake and Soba Maruki (Sapporo City) - Enjoy "Mountain Wasabi Seiro" and "Oroshi Soba" made with buckwheat flour from Hokuryu Town

Wednesday, November 10, 2021: Located on the first floor of Kadore Building in Minami 2-jo Nishi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, on the corner of Tanukikoji Shopping Street, the long-established soba restaurant "Sake and Soba Ma..."

Soba and Wine Seki

Located on the 5th floor of the Fujii Building in Minami 4-jo, Chuo Ward, the restaurant opened in April 2013. Since its establishment, the restaurant has used fragrant and flavorful buckwheat flour from Hokuryu Town. The restaurant serves courses and other dishes and soba noodles that go well with wine.

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Soba noodles at the end of the course

Owner: Norito Seki

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Enjoy the chef's choice course made with buckwheat flour from Hokuryu Town at Soba and Wine Seki (Sapporo City)

Thursday, November 11, 2021 Located in the Susukino district of Sapporo, on the 5th floor of the Fujii Building in Minami 4-jo, Chuo Ward, this dining bar opened in April 2013.

Shops in Sapporo that use Kurosengoku soybeans

Italian Restaurant Ilpino

Irpino is holding the "Hokuryu Town Fair & Assabe Croquette Fair in Irpino" from November 1st to November 30th, 2021.

The menu includes dishes using Hokuryu Town's local specialties, such as "Spicy Kurosengoku Soybean Meat Sauce Pasta" and "Hokuryu Town Glutinous Rice Chicken Rolls," available for lunch and dinner! I had the pleasure of joining Mr. Yukio Takada, Chairman of the Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association, for lunch.

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Monthly event "Hokuryu Town Fair"

Spicy Kurosengoku Soybean Meat Sauce Pasta

This time, I had the lunch menu item "Spicy Kurosengoku Soybean Meat Sauce Pasta." The meat sauce has a texture similar to minced meat, with a mild spiciness and umami flavor!

Lunch includes salad and focaccia

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Taste the "Kurosengoku Soybean Meat Pasta" at the monthly event at Italian restaurant Ilpino (Sapporo City)

Friday, November 12, 2021 Located in Kita 1-jo Nishi 3-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, Il Pino is an Italian restaurant with an impressive Italian-colored sign.

*For detailed articles on each store, please seeEnjoy! Happy life of senior couples: Category "Sapporo City"" will be uploaded.

Hokuryu Town's specialty products, such as buckwheat flour and Kurosengoku soybeans, are used all over Sapporo and are loved by so many people, for which we are truly grateful. Thank you!

We hope you will continue to support Hokuryu Town!!!

Reference articles

Hokuryu Town Sunflower Soba Production Committee

Hokuryu Town Sunflower Soba Production Committee receives the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award at the National Soba Excellence Production Awards. Celebration of the highest honor.
▶ Hokuryu Town Portal Feature Article here >>

Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association

Kurosengoku soybeans are characterized by their sweet, rich flavor and green flesh despite their black skin. They are also a nutritionally balanced, small-grained superfood that contains anthocyanins, isoflavones, and more!
▶ Kurosengoku Business Cooperative Association Directly Managed Online Shop >>

◇ Photography and editing: Noboru Terauchi Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi