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Ina is held to be the birthplace of cut soba noodles — the place to trace Shinshu soba to its origin.
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An area in Ina said to be the birthplace of Shinshu soba. Villagers of Ina carefully raised buckwheat seeds handed to them by mountain ascetics in the Nara period, and it is said to have spread across Shinshu with the spread of mountain worship. After the Edo period, soba culture is said to have spread across the country.
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