The best udon I have ever had is Udon Honjin YAMADAYA in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan. うどん本陣山田家讃岐本店

A udon restaurant Udon Honjin YAMADAYA うどん本陣山田家 offers delicious udon in traditional Japanese style residence that was used in 1751-1829.
They also has a branch restaurant in Roppongi 六本木 Tokyo.

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An old traditional residence serving now as the udon restaurant is not just a culinary treat but also caters for the eye with the views of the Japanese garden and the rooms preserving the decor of the late Edo period (Samurai period).

Registered Tangible Cultural Property 登録有形文化財
It was registered by Agency for Cultural Affairs 文化庁 of Japanese government in 2001.

This place is good for eating udon and sightseeing.

Where is Samurai and Ninja? 😁

There are a few types of places you can eat here, such as the modern seating room, the traditional tatami mat room, and the terrace area.
If the restaurant is not crowded with customers, you can choose any one you want.

It has a comfortable atmosphere inside and you can view maintained Japanese garden.

This Japanese house has some rooms using tatami mats (straw-mats).

Japanese people feel nostalgic atmosphere there.

I lived near this restaurant a long time ago, and I would go there and have several kinds of meals. I forgot the details of what I ordered but I remember all of them were delicious!

Food

Udon topped with sea vegetable WAKAME and salted Japanese UME plum
梅わかめうどん Ume Wakame Udon ~~520~~ 550 yen

This shop use domestically produced Wakame and Ume.

Udon with Noodle Sauce and Several Kinds of Condiments
釜ぶっかけ Kama Bukkake ~~570~~ 600yen
(Egg Yolk 卵黄 Ranou 60 yen)

Matcha Latte 抹茶ラテ ~~450~~ yen
(with confectionery おかしつき Okashitsuki ~~550~~ yen)

Cafe Latte カフェラテ ~~450~~ yen
(with confectionery おかしつき Okashitsuki ~~550~~ yen)

The confectionery is seasonally changed.
(Only confectioery おかしのみ Okashinomi ~~230~~ yen)

Information

Restaurant name

Udon honjin YAMADAYA うどん本陣山田家
Sanuki Honten 讃岐本店

Website (in Japanese)

うどん本陣山田家

No cover charge / No service fee
Picture menu is available.
Business hours: 10:00 am - 8:00 pm Open every day
Parking lots: 160 cars

Photos were taken in 2016. Prices are current as of in 2019 of YAMADAYA Sanuki Honten in Kagawa 香川 Prefecture.

Tokyo Solamachi branch 東京ソラマチ店
Permanently closed

You can also eat the same food in Tokyo.
It is located on the 6F of a shopping mall Tokyo Solamachi.
However, there is no traditional residence, and their food prices are more expensive than the restaurant in Kagawa Prefecture.

TOKYO Solamachi

Together with Tokyo SKYTREE, Tokyo Solamachi forms Tokyo SKYTREE TOWN. Bringing together more than 300 shops, this shopping center was created on the theme of “a new commercial and entertainment district”.

If you have no time to go to Udon Honjin YAMADAYA うどん本陣山田家, other large udon chain would be good for you because you can easily find them in downtown areas in Japan.