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Morioka, Iwate / 白龍(パイロン)

Pairon, Morioka Jajamen

The original jajamen shop, open about 60 years and always with a queue: warm noodles topped with fried meat miso, cucumber, ginger and leek; afterwards crack an egg into the bowl for chitan soup.

A plate of jajamen noodles topped with meat miso, cucumber and leek, with small side dishes
Morioka jajamen (photo taken 2005; not necessarily Pairon's)Photo: Searobin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 (resized) · License · Source

Last official check

25 Sept 2026

Traveler reports

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Reports open in Phase 2

Next scheduled check

24 Dec 2026

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Opening hours

Main shop 9:00-21:00 (Sundays 11:30-19:00). Kawatoku branch 10:00-19:00 (last order 18:30); Fesan branch 11:00-21:30 (last order 20:30).

Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site
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Address: Morioka, Iwate (Japanese address: 岩手県盛岡市内丸5-15)

Official site: https://iwatetabi.jp/spots/68554/

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There is almost always a queue.Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

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Visiting respectfully

  • Local etiquetteAdd garlic, vinegar and chilli oil to taste and mix. The main shop has 21 seats.Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site
  • Local etiquetteLeave a little noodle, crack an egg into the plate, stir, and hand it (with your chopsticks) to the staff asking for "chiitantan"; they turn it into an egg soup with the cooking water, spring onion and miso.Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site
  • Local etiquetteThere is an annex next to the main shop (Uchimaru 5-16), plus branches in Parc Avenue Kawatoku (B1) and the Fesan station building at Morioka Station (1F, Odense-kan).Checked 25 Sept 2026 on the official site

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