Re: hisashiburi no visual puzzle

Bart Mathias wrote:
wataritori wrote:

Well, just for laughs.

It seems to be a Soba Shop named Hitachiya in Toride in Ibaraki.

The sign is using the word "kisoba" which means (sort of) raw soba,
or soba having a low content of flour in it compared to buckwheat.

I think the middle kanji might be 找（そ), and the final
hiragana-looking む is acutally ば.


I thought I had learned an origin for the 変体「そ」that accounted for
the extra strokes on the bottom, but if so, I've lost it.

After just a bit of 吋機, I'm putting my money on 楚.

Bart
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  • Re: hisashiburi no visual puzzle
    ... Toride in Ibaraki. ... The sign is using the word "kisoba" which means ... (sort of) ... raw soba, or soba having a low content ...
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  • Re: hisashiburi no visual puzzle
    ... It seems to be a Soba Shop named Hitachiya in Toride in Ibaraki. ... The sign is using the word "kisoba" which means (sort of) raw soba, ... hiragana-looking む is acutally ば. ...
    (sci.lang.japan)
  • Re: hisashiburi no visual puzzle
    ... raw soba, or soba having a low content ... No, not a prize for that, since presumably it comes from Googling, and I'm not sure what language you speak (I ruled out Japanese speakers, remember?). ... However your answer is correct, it says "kisoba", in hentaigana. ...
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