Nihonbashi · Kanda · Jimbocho / PLACE
Kanda Matsuya Honten
Choose an old Kanda soba house for a meal, keeping its opening days separate from Kanda Yabusoba.
Cold mori or warm kake
For a meal centred on the noodles, look at mori soba; choose kake when you want a warm broth. Goma soba offers another direction if you enjoy sesame sauce. Decide whether you want a straightforward bowl or a longer meal with side dishes, then consult the shop’s actual menu for prices and availability.
WHERE · On foot from here
Which side of the station, and how far
North-east of Awajicho Station, about 150 m in a straight line from the station point. The position is the official address point and may differ from the entrance. The shaded areas are about 5 and 10 minutes on foot from here.
Walking bands are computed by FOW on the OpenStreetMap surface street network at 80 m/min and drawn as a smoothed approximate area around the streets reached. They ignore exit positions, station interiors, underground passages, signals, slopes and routes inside buildings — not directions; follow on-site signs.
Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Walking bands: computed by FOW · Station and gate notes: official guidance
Keep Monday out of the plan
The Honten lists Tuesday–Friday 11:00–20:30, with last orders at 20:00; Saturday and public holidays 11:00–19:30, last orders 19:00. It closes on Sunday and Monday. Older Monday-opening listings are misleading. Do not assume an immediate table; ask the Honten about arrangements if group size or timing is critical.
Look above the entrance
Before or after the meal, look above the entrance for pine and arrow motifs. Tokyo’s heritage record describes these details in the 1927 building as a play on the name Matsuya. The motifs give you a specific detail to look for in this old restaurant. Use the entrance actually open on the day, even where the facade presents two symmetrical doors. If opening or waiting conditions do not work, an exterior look can be the whole stop.
Before you go
Sources · image info
- 神田まつや本店神田まつや official operator website; legal entity not separately established
- GSI official address reference: 東京都千代田区神田須田町一丁目１３番地国土地理院
- 東京都都市整備局 · 東京都都市整備局東京都都市整備局
- サカキシンイチロウ / note · サカキシンイチロウサカキシンイチロウ / note
- ヒトサラ hosted restaurant menuヒトサラ hosted restaurant menu
- QR-009-BUILDING · independently observed depth materialTokyo Metropolitan Government Tokyo Heritage project
- 東京都都市整備局 · 東京都都市整備局UNKNOWN
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government lists Kanda Matsuya as a Tokyo-selected historical building. This recognises the building, rather than its food, and is distinct from national Important Cultural Property status. The selection year is not established here.
- サカキシンイチロウ · サカキシンイチロウ / note2025-03-27
The same writer, Sakaki Shinichiro, describes eating soba at Kanda Matsuya in 2025. A personal payment habit in that account is not presented as the shop’s rule for everyone. Payment and hosting have not been separately established.