• Takaosan Sumika

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Restaurant specialised in noodles. A separate vegan menu lists 5 cold dishes and 5 hot dishes. Ordering is from a vending machine that shows food photos. NOTE: Reported that Tanuki and Kakiage soba are cooked in the same oil as non vegan items. Open Mon-Sun 10:00am-4:30pm.


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10 Reviews

First Review by zoe_

sasham

Points +4610

Vegan
10 Oct 2024

Less vegan options off-season

This place is near the ropeway station. There are two soba restaurants near each other, so you want to go to "Sumika". The vegan menu sign is not there at the moment, but there are still vegan options you can order at the vending machine (under "vegan") - around 4-5 noodle dishes (no sides) from around 800 yen.
Very basic soba dishes, but that is ok for your mountain hike.

Staff was very attentive about "vegan" as I had ordered a non-vegan side dish and was quickly refunded.

J925

Points +101

Vegan
09 Sep 2024

Nice

What a pleasant surprise to find vegan options at a place like this. I had one of the hot soups, which was pretty good.
Pricing (1100 ¥) is ok, considering you’re at somewhat of a tourist spot.

Updated from previous review on 2024-09-09

Pros: Clearly labelled vegan choices in english

sasham

22 Sep 2024

Hi! May I ask when you were there? Since you are the most recent reviewer.

J925

22 Sep 2024

sasham

22 Sep 2024

thank you! Planning to go soon and they don't always have the vegan menu, so wanted to ask :-)

Fujifox

Points +211

Vegan
26 Mar 2024

Wonderful

So thankful to have this place as an option while hiking. Wish more soba restaurants did this!

Note: When I visited Takao-san in early January there were no vegan options available, I asked and they said it was because of the New Year’s holidays. When I came back in March the vegan menu was back as usual.

Pros: Good noodle texture and broth , Plenty of choices , Not that expensive (for mountain prices)

Cons: Vegan items sometimes unavailable

oons

Points +144

Vegan
23 Feb 2024

Convenient Option

Ordered from an ATM like machine which had multiple language options and a vegan section. Had the Kake-Soba hot dish and found it to be very bland even with added chilli powder available on the table; however, appreciated having a hot vegan option while it snowed.

Nanami7seas

Points +147

Vegan
23 Oct 2023

Many options yet pricy

The restaurant is lactated near the cable car station in Takao-san. I really appreciate the fact that they offer vegan food in the mountain.
There were four types of vegan soba and you could choose between cold and warm (4 x 2 = 8 options).
Totoro soba was 1200 yen and Sansai soba was 1000 yen. I found it very pricy for a bowl of soba.
The taste was fair. Nothing special.
Would I go there again? Probably! Because they are the only option for proper meal in the mountain (as far as I know).

Pros: Vegan soba in Takao-san, 8 options

Cons: Expensive

サンドラ

Points +472

Vegan
15 Jan 2022

Not too bad

Personally, the taste was a little plain for me.

Updated from previous review on 2021-01-08

Pros: Vegan options

Ruzha

Points +3645

Vegan
16 Oct 2021

So many different kinds of vegan soba!

It is so wonderful to go hiking at Takao-san and see one side of the soba restaurant menu be fully vegan! We ordered the vegan bukkake tororo soba (cold), vegan sansai soba (cold), and vegan sansai soba (hot). It was really delicious and made us finally feel like we were having the typical Japanese meal and a hike experience. If only all other hiking locations provided vegan options!

GrayHorwitz

Points +1998

Vegan
19 Jun 2021

Tons of clearly labeled tasty options!

After a long hike, come here to enjoy hot or cold soba! Lots of interesting choices, but all soba ramen. Huge portions! I couldn’t finish my wild veggie ramen even though it was delicious.

proximateplatypus

Points +240

Vegan
14 Feb 2021

Enjoyable noodle soup and pretty generous portions

This soba shop has a lot of vegan options. Normally it’s difficult to find vegan soba because most broth has fish dashi in it. Would definitely go again!

zoe_

Points +117

Vegan
15 Jun 2020

really nice place

When going hiking on Takaosan, it's really close to the top of the cable cars and seated lift. That's why I was pleasantly surprised when I went there and came across this restaurant indicating that they have a vegan menu.
As the weather was hot I ordered a cold noodle dish which I found really good. It was very simple and seemed rather traditional to me. If you're into very elaborated dish with tons of veggies, that's not it, but in my opinion it was really tasty.
The price is not too expensive as well.

Pros: clearly labeled vegan options, cold as well as hot dishes for all kind of weathe, good location




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