A specialist serving juwari (100% buckwheat) soba with no wheat flour, so the noodles themselves are naturally gluten-free. Note the standard dipping sauce/soba-yu and a shared kitchen mean it is not certified celiac-safe; confirm the tsuyu if you are highly sensitive.
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小麦アレルギーです。小麦は食べられません。
Komugi arerugī desu. Komugi wa taberaremasen.
I have a wheat allergy. I can't eat wheat.
普通のしょうゆには小麦が入っていますか？Does your regular soy sauce contain wheat?
Three styles of juwari soba (inaka, sarashina, dattan)
JuwariSoba Tokyo Basso is a small noodle specialist a few minutes' walk from Bakurocho Station, built on a single premise: soba made with 100% buckwheat (juwari) and no wheat flour blended into the dough. The menu keeps that idea front and center, running three versions side by side — inaka (rustic, dark and nutty), sarashina (pale and refined), and dattan, made from Tartary buckwheat with its own bitter edge — so it's easy to taste the difference a single grain makes in one sitting.
Regulars order more than just soba, though. The tori-ten — fried chicken, not tempura vegetables — turns up review after review as the dish people remember: a crackling crust over chicken that stays juicy, usually eaten alongside a bowl of the rustic countryside-style noodles. At lunch, a plate of soba can start around ¥490, and a full soba-and-tori-ten set runs close to ¥1,000, part of why the counter fills at midday despite a narrow, easy-to-miss frontage. Inside, the room leans café rather than traditional soba-ya — brick-toned walls, a counter for solo diners, a couple of small tables — seating around seventeen in total.
A few practical notes: it's cash only, so skip the wallet full of cards. Reservations can be made by phone, and given how few seats there are, calling ahead for a weekday lunch or dinner is worth it. There's no English menu, so pointing at inaka, sarashina, or dattan on the printed list works fine. And while the noodles themselves are wheat-free, the dipping sauce and kitchen are shared with the rest of the menu — a strong pick for gluten-conscious travelers rather than a certified celiac-safe kitchen, so it's worth double-checking the tsuyu if you're strictly gluten-free. Closed Sundays and holidays.
✓ Last verified Jul 2026
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