On new year eve, its tradition to eat soba..so we did..first meal in Hachijo jima! Wanted to try curry udon but cant fit anymore 😅 perhaps next visit! Anyway a bit bad experience when husband called to make reservations, the attendant guy was kinda rude. 🙄

Overall tasted good, no English menu, but got goggle translation to do the job.

+2

Delicious Ashitaba noodles at a great price. Loved the tempura. Lots of locals dining here. Floor seating and table seating. Very helpful staff who helped us choose our meal

Meidai Ikkyuuan is a restaurant in Hachijo Island specialized in ashitaba soba and ashitaba udon. "Ashitaba" means "Tomorrow's Leaf" and is a plant typically found in Hachijo Island, very rich in Vitamin B. At the souvenir shops, you will find all things "ashitaba", but this restaurant is the chance to eat a fresh, homemade ashitaba soba - which you won't find so easily anywhere else. I ordered the tonkatsu soba just to make sure I would get full. And yes, I did!

Ashitaba udon with the shrimp tempura was so good!