{"id":111246,"date":"2018-06-26T15:16:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T06:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=food&#038;p=111246&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2019-09-18T15:10:48","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T06:10:48","slug":"murata-akasaka-keyaki-dori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/murata-akasaka-keyaki-dori\/","title":{"rendered":"Murata Akasaka Keyaki-dori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-1.jpg?resize=1400%2C935\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"935\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-111248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-1.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-1.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Murata, one of the city\u2019s better known purveyors of <em>soba<\/em>, opened up its second shop on the chic Keyaki-dori Ave. in Akasaka this April. The shop is headed up by second generation owner Kiyohisa Murata. After honing his chops at famous <em>soba<\/em> shops in the Kansai and Kanto regions, he returned to Fukuoka to serve up delicious noodles and help spread \u201c<em>soba <\/em>culture.\u201d The shop offers three kinds of <em>soba<\/em>: <em>mori soba<\/em>, a bouncy noodle made from 100% finely ground <em>soba<\/em> flour, the highly aromatic <em>inaka soba<\/em>, and <em>futogiri soba<\/em>, a hearty soup noodle made from 80% buckwheat flour and 20% wheat flour. Prepared to bring the most out of the ingredients, each kind of <em>soba<\/em> affords the customer a different taste experience as jazz from the JBL speakers plays in the background. There are also many sides to choose from, so you can stop by for lunch, or at night for a drink and a bowl of noodles to cap of the night\u2014in true Fukuoka style.<\/p>\n<div class='photo-galleria' >\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-111246 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1' title='fn235 murata 2'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-2.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-2.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-2.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-3.jpg?fit=1024%2C684&ssl=1' title='fn235 murata 3'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-7.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-7.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-7.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/fn235-murata-7.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><!-- .photo-galleria -->\n<p><strong>Menu:<\/strong> Finely-ground <em>mori soba<\/em> (100%) \u00a5950, course-ground <em>inaka soba<\/em> \u00a5950, <em>yama-kake<\/em> soba (w\/ grated glutinous yam) \u00a51,200, spicy grated radish <em>soba<\/em> \u00a51,200, plum &#038; <em>shiso soba<\/em> \u00a51,300, cold <em>soba<\/em> w\/ vegetable <em>tempura<\/em> \u00a51,700, cold <em>soba<\/em> w\/ mixed <em>tempura<\/em> \u00a51,800, cold <em>soba<\/em> w\/  shrimp <em>tempura<\/em> \u00a51,900, <em>kake<\/em> (hot) <em>soba<\/em> \u00a5950, <em>sudachi<\/em> citrus <em>soba<\/em> \u00a51,200, <em>soba<\/em> w\/ duck \u00a51,700, rolled <em>sushi<\/em> \u00a5880~, homemade <em>sobagaki<\/em> \u00a51,100, buckwheat groats w\/ grated glutinous yam \u00a5450, homemade boiled herring \u00a5750, Kansai style <em>dashi<\/em>-infused rolled omelet \u00a5800, eggplant and tofu skin w\/ plum sauce \u00a5950, lunch course \u00a51,850, seasonal vegetable course \u00a53,500, Murata <em>soba kaiseki<\/em> (dinner only) \u00a54,500<br \/>\n*Prices to change from Oct. 1, 2019 following tax increase<\/p>\n<p>*Foreign language menu: None \/ Credit cards accepted \/ Reservations possible (Lunch reservations only possible for courses) \/ No smoking<\/p>\n<p><em>Originally published in Fukuoka Now Magazine (<a href=\"http:\/\/issuu.com\/fukuokanow\/docs\/fn235-web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fn235<\/a>, Jul. 2018)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murata, one of the city\u2019s better known purveyors of soba, opened up its second shop on the chic Keyaki-dori Ave. in Akasaka this April. 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