I hardly ever go to Kanda, but I was there yesterday, so I decided to go to the famous soba (buckwheat noodle) shop called Kanda Matsuya (in Japanese). Just after I ordered Goma-Soba which comes with a goma (sesame) flavoured dipping sauce, Curry-nanban (noodles in curry soup) was served to the old man next to me. His hot noodles looked very good! Actually I should have ordered normal soba, and tried their traditional Tokyo style strong dipping sauce (salty and darker in color than in Western Japan). There were lots of old men over 60 years old, sharing the bottles of beer and eating nibbles (not eating noodles!). I don't know if they were classmates or they became friends because of this shop, but they seemed good mates. When someone entered the shop, they said 'Hello! Take a seat here!' and started conversations like 'do you know Hama-chan's home address?'. This shop was established in 1884. In 2001, the old two storey wooden building was selected as a historical building in Tokyo (in Japanese). By the way, there are two doors, the entrance is on the right side and the exit is on the left!