Our first official meal was for lunch and we drove around 10 to 15 minutes away to try Rakuichi. Steve tipped us that the drive was worth it so we went 🙂
It is in Annupuri Village.
Before entering the restaurant there is this wooden arch 
A nice photo op 🙂
First come first serve. There are no reservations for lunch. Go early ( around 11 am maybe though we arrived at around 1145 and we were 2nd seating ) so you can be first in the line 🙂 
Beautiful!! Make sure to take photos around the restaurant because it is so beautiful
Before you enter you have to leave your boots so as not to wet and destroy the wooden floors
Then a curtain before enteringGet a pair of slippers to wear 🙂
There is a waiting area where you can drink some rice tea drink
Peeping to check if we are next 🙂
Heater and drinks area
Towards the bathroom
We are greeted by a beautiful Japanese lady who is apparently Midori, the owner and wife of the Soba maker, Rai
Articles posted on the wall
Tatsuru Rai himself was there! Of course!! because without him there would be no soba!
Photo on the wall! Anthony Bourdain with the couple. Rakuichi became even more popular because of Bourdain
Love the stone placemats
A simple menu means they serve ono what they do best!
We placed our orders and inside the bar where we were seated, everyone watched Rai as he made our soba noodles from scratch with his bare hands! 
We ordered two kinds of Soba so we could try – The Hot Duck Soba. We are not soba experts but we wanted to try it. Heart2Heart loves anything handmade, anything made with passion and made with LOVE!
The green onion tempura was so good with or without the soba
I ordered a side order of fresh vegetables tempura which was so good with or without the soba. Of course freshly made as well. I highly recommend you order this and eat it together with the soba all the way! We ordered the Cold DUCK Soba which is basically cold noodles which you dip in the hot soup. I liked that the Green onion tempura was not in the soup so it was still crispy and fresh when you dunked it in the soup with the noodles when you are about to eat it. Maybe you can also request that they separate it when you order the Hot soba 🙂 
Self service water and tea 🙂
Restroom
We saw these signs as we exited the door!! They are booked for dinner till March. Good thing we went to lunch and they only served three seatings
