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Mishima Seimenjo: Self-Dressed Sanuki Udon at a Noodle Factory

三嶋製麺所

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Updated October 19, 2026

Mishima Seimenjo (三嶋製麺所) is a signless udon factory among rice fields in Manno, Kagawa. You dress fresh noodles yourself with soy, egg and sudachi, then eat looking over the paddies.

Price range$$$$$
Tabelog rating3.77 / 5654 ratingsExcellent — roughly the top few percent nationwideJapanese diners rate strictly — 3.5 is excellent, 4.0 exceptional.View on Tabelog
Opening hoursMon–Thu 9:00–around 16:00, Sat–Sun 9:00–around 15:00, Fri closed; closes earlier when noodles sell out
Phone0877-84-2266
Address276 Kawahigashi, Manno-cho, Nakatado-gun, Kagawa
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Mishima Seimenjo is a working noodle factory with no sign and no menu, set among rice fields in the hills of Manno. It was the opening location of the 2006 film UDON. Freshly boiled noodles come hot or cold, with no broth, and you dress them at the table with soy sauce, spring onion, home-made chilli and sudachi, a small local citrus. The noodles are unusually thin and flat for Sanuki udon, with a sharp square cut. Its listing has been selected for the Tabelog Udon 100 several times, most recently for Kagawa in 2024.

Nearly every reviewer praises eating at the outdoor tables looking over the paddies and hills. Most recommend cracking a raw egg into hot noodles to make kamatama, egg-and-soy udon, and many describe a smooth, wheat-sweet noodle. Korean visitors call the texture the best they have had and compare the visit to stepping into a film.

That texture also divides opinion. Several Japanese udon enthusiasts found it too soft, with little bite, and two gave it 1/5. A few repeat visitors felt the noodles were less firm than before, possibly after a generational handover. Single reviewers mention wilted spring onion, a grubby room and curt staff.

Reviewers around 2025–2026 paid about ¥200–250 for a small bowl, ¥330–350 for a large and ¥450 for an extra-large. A raw egg was ¥50, so a small kamatama usually came to ¥250–300, and three people ate for ¥1,000 in total. Typical lunch spend is under ¥1,000. There is no dinner service, as it closes in the afternoon. Value is exceptional. Portions are deliberately small, so most visitors make it one stop on an udon crawl.

  • Getting there: a car or taxi is effectively essential. It is about 17 km, roughly 40 minutes, from Mima IC on the Tokushima Expressway. By bus, take the Kotosan Bus Miai Line towards Misumi from Kotohira Station to Nakadori, then walk 4 minutes (262 m). Only one bus runs during opening hours, leaving Kotohira at 10:00. If you are back at the stop within about 30 minutes you can catch the return, otherwise the wait is around 5 hours.
  • Parking: 3 spaces. Reviewers also used the nearby Kotonami community centre car park.
  • Payment: cash only. No credit cards, electronic money or QR payments. You pay after eating by telling staff what you had when you return your bowl.
  • Booking: reservations are not accepted, so just turn up. Holiday queues run 40–60+ minutes, and weekday mornings are quieter.
  • Ordering: no written menu. Say hot or cold (atsui / tsumetai) and small or large (shō / dai).
  • Seats: 10 seats in a tiny room plus an open terrace. No private rooms. Water, condiments and bowl return are self-service. Take-out is available.
  • Other: non-smoking. Children are welcome.