阿部孝雄・阿部智也（竹やぶ）｜味道

"MIDO" ⇒ https://mido-world.com/ -- ■ Learn recipes and techniques from Japan's leading chefs through videos. ■ As of August 2013, over 220 videos are available. Watch them all for just ¥490 per month. (First-time subscribers receive two weeks free.) ■ Register for free to watch over 50 videos. -- "Takeyabu" is a renowned soba restaurant in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture. One of Japan's leading soba artisans, Takao Abe, has pioneered the art of "house-made flour and hand-made soba noodles using a stone mill," creating a new trend in soba. We spoke with Takao Abe, the father and second son, Tomoya Abe, who have both pioneered the art of soba, about their respective tastes. "Make your own style of food and your own style of soba." "Choose countless teachers." "Each person's business method is different, but it is only when they trade with sincerity that they achieve their goals." Check out this interview filled with the life philosophies of Abe Takao and Abe Tomoya, who have walked their own paths while learning from a variety of people! -------- [Featured Chefs / 44 (as of August 2025)] Japanese Cuisine Hitoshi Arai (Tenko), Masahiro Kurisu (Tankuma Kitaten), Jun Kuroki (Kurogi), Hiroshi Sasaki (Gion Sasaki), Mamoru Sugiyama (Ginza Sushiko Main Branch), Haruyuki Takada (Takada Hassho), Kimio Nonaga (Nihonbashi Yukari), Yoshinori Horii (Sarashina Horii), Hideaki Matsuo (Kashiwaya), Yoshihiro Murata (Kikunoi), Toshihiro Wada (Birdland), Ryohei Hayashi (Tenoshima), Kimihiro Iwamoto (Nihonbashi Izumoya), Masahiro Kasahara (Sanbiboron), Masayuki Yokota (Ningyocho Imahan), Fumio Kondo (Tempura Kondo), Hyotei (Yoshihiro Takahashi), Kinobu (Takuji Takahashi), Yasuo Kida (Gion Kida), Masayoshi Nishikawa (Gion Nishikawa), Maekawa Restaurant (Koichi Maekawa), Yoshimi Tanigawa (Kyoto Kaiseki Yoshizumi), Kazuya Nomura (Sushi Rakumi), Yosuke Ogawa (Ogawa), Takeyabu (Takao Abe), Tatsu Kitagawa (Oimatsu Kitagawa), Shunichi Matsushita (Kioicho Fukudaya) Chinese Wei Xizi (Ichino Funairi), Yuji Wakiya (Turandot), Yukio Naruke (Kanda Unrin), Ryosuke Tamura (Jika), Kentaro Chin (Akasaka Sichuan Restaurant), Kentaro Nishibuchi (Nishibuchi Restaurant) French Motomasa Kamikaki (Camille), Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Kobe Kitano Hotel), Mimasu Kikuchi (Le Bourguignon), Kihachi Kumagai (Founder of KIHACHI), Ken Yuhara (Pont d'Or Inno), Yuichiro Watanabe (Nabenoism) Italian Masayuki Okuda (Archecciano), Tsutomu Ochiai (La Bettola da Ochiai), Mamoru Kataoka (Al Porto), Daisuke Yamane (Ponte Vecchio), Yahei Suzuki (Piatto Suzuki), Kimiaki Usuki (Tsukiji Bon Marché), Yoshimi Hidaka (Ristorante Acquapazza)