Nihonbashi · Kanda · Jimbocho / PLACE
Nihonbashi Rikyu-an
Choose sarashina or natto soba, distinguishing a simple 1F meal from the upstairs dining arrangements.
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White noodles or natto
Sarashina uses the white first flour obtained when milling buckwheat. Compare plain mori if you want to focus on the noodles, or natto soba if you like fermented beans’ flavour and texture. The latter combines large natto beans, bonito flakes, nori, radish sprouts and egg yolk. Change the proportions as you mix to taste the noodles against the toppings. Confirm essential ingredient restrictions before ordering.
WHERE · On foot from here
Which side of the station, and how far
South-east of Mitsukoshimae Station, about 200 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
The floor changes the visit
The 1F promotes chair-and-table dining for a solo or quick soba meal. The basement and upper floors have different arrangements; 3F tatami private rooms are for groups of three or more. Chairs do not establish a step-free entrance or toilet route. Ask for the floor and conditions the group needs.
For a straightforward soba meal
1F and basement guidance gives weekdays 11:00–15:00 and 17:00–21:00, Saturday 11:00–15:30, with earlier last orders. Sunday and public holidays are closed. Upstairs times differ. Decide between a straightforward solo meal and group dining, then read the arrangements for the floor you need. Current works partially close the Chuo-dori approach into Muromachi-koji; follow the operator’s detour notice when arriving.
Before you go
Sources
- 日本橋利久庵利久庵 own operator website
- GSI official address reference: 東京都中央区日本橋室町一丁目１２番１６号国土地理院
- 水谷清之 · original historical testimony料理通信
- bowlane / note · bowlanebowlane / note
- 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
- QR-025-NOODLES · independently observed depth materialExact venue/operator
- 水谷清之 · 料理通信2022-02-07; original2019-12issue
Proprietor Kiyoyuki Mizutani explains sarashina soba and the restaurant’s work in an affiliated owner interview. Payment and hosting have not been separately established.
- bowlane · bowlane / note2026-10-11
Writer bowlane describes a meal at Rikyu-an in 2026. Dipping soba into the remaining meat broth was the writer’s own choice, rather than a named shop menu item. Payment and hosting have not been separately established.
- サカキシンイチロウ · サカキシンイチロウ / note2024-03-13
Sakaki Shinichiro describes a 2024 meal at Nihonbashi Rikyu-an. The soba and katsudon experience does not establish today’s menu or prices. Payment and hosting have not been separately established.