{"id":86989,"date":"2018-08-01T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zekkeicollection.com\/?p=86989"},"modified":"2025-09-26T01:33:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T09:33:24","slug":"rakuichi-best-soba-niseko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zekkeicollection.com\/en\/rakuichi-best-soba-niseko\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it the hottest restaurant in Niseko?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;This sobadokoro is already booked through the year.&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h5|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1501749544588{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What separates a good restaurant from a great one? Attention to detail and fresh ingredients are the basic requirements; craftsmanship and technical skill, too, is paramount. We find that our favorite Japanese restaurants tend to be the smaller, more intimate settings that tick all these boxes, and where every meal is an adventure via the free-form menu that is omakase (\u201cchef\u2019s choice\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;RELATED: DETAILED GUIDE TO CASUAL DINING IN NISEKO<br \/>\n&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h6|text_align:center|color:%2300abc7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zekkeicollection.com%2Fen%2Fniseko-best-restaurants-2017%2F||target:%20_blank|&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1501749459167{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;RELATED: BEST FINE DINING PLACES IN NISEKO&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h6|text_align:center|color:%2300abc7&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; link=&#8221;url:http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zekkeicollection.com%2Fen%2Fniseko-best-fine-dining-2017%2F||target:%20_blank|&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1501749435719{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;fadeIn&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1500265424484{margin-top: 15px !important;margin-bottom: 15px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;border-left-color: #000000 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #000000 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #000000 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #000000 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;border-radius: 1px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]Led by Soba Master Tatsuru Rai, Sobatei Rakuichi (\u6a02\u4e00) has been our favorite restaurant for many years for special occasions. We will never, it seems, tire of the delights that come out of that tiny kitchen in this loving pared-back space they call a restaurant. As its name would suggest, authentic Japanese soba is the order of the day at Rakuichi, though some of the menus include simmered, grilled dishes, and sashimi and sushi.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; external_img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;https:\/\/zekkeicollection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Rakuichi-Soba-Niseko-4.jpg&#8221;][vc_column_text]As widely respected for exceptional soba craft as is Jiro for sushi, Tatsuru Rai operates the 12-seat restaurant, considered one of the world\u2019s great soba houses, with his wife Midori. He mixes, kneads, and cuts all of the buckwheat to order.<\/p>\n<p>The family team is always elegantly cloaked in kimono and yukata, greeting each customer as they pass into the cozy interior space and study the menu hand-written by Midori every day, and varied every day according to the season\u2019s whims.<\/p>\n<p>Dinner is offered as a multi-course omakase with small plates of seafood and seasonal vegetables, leading up to the handmade soba course, where lucky diners get to see Chef Rai knife his famous soba REALLY up close.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; external_img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;https:\/\/zekkeicollection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Rakuichi-Soba-Niseko-3.jpg&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; external_img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.zekkeicollection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rakuichi-Niseko-5.jpg&#8221;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; external_img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.zekkeicollection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rakuichi-Niseko-6.jpg&#8221;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; external_img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;https:\/\/zekkeicollection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Rakuichi-Soba-Niseko-2.jpg&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyaHR0cHMlM0ElMkYlMkZwbGF5ZXIudmltZW8uY29tJTJGdmlkZW8lMkYxMDU1NTI1NzIlMjIlMjB3aWR0aCUzRCUyMjEwMCUyNSUyMiUyMGhlaWdodCUzRCUyMjQwMCUyMiUyMGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUzRCUyMmFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbiUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRmlmcmFtZSUzRQ==[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">To put his epic into context, Chef Rai was the first person to appear on stage at the fourth annual MAD Symposiu, in Copenhagen last year. 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This might be hard to believe for some of you, but it came as no surprises to in-the-know traveler and our co-founder Jeanette Hall, who has been in and out of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zekkeicollection.com\/en\/search-result-rental-2\/?location_name=Niseko%E3%83%BBJapan&amp;location_id=25172&amp;adult_number=&amp;item_name=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niseko<\/a> so much that her family practically spend half a year at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zekkeicollection.com\/en\/property\/zekkei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zekkei<\/a>. [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image source=&#8221;external_link&#8221; external_img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; onclick=&#8221;link_image&#8221; custom_src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.zekkeicollection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rakuichi-Niseko-9.jpg&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Anthony Bourdain is right about this place. 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And these years with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zekkeicollection.com\/en\/search-result-rental-2\/?location_name=Niseko%E3%83%BBJapan&amp;location_id=25172&amp;adult_number=&amp;item_name=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niseko<\/a>\u2019s increasing popularity as the winter resort, can\u2019t say I am surprised one has to make dinner reservations at least a year in advance, or hope that someone cancels last minute,\u201d says Jeanette.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile lunch is a good choice for those looking for a shorter version of the Rakuichi experience, they don\u2019t accept reservation as usually two seatings are the most they can manage. 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