It is not a common soba dish but, in the Nagawa area of Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, there is an unusual way of eating soba known as 'Nagano-ken' (Nagano Prefecture) (see Nagano Prefecture under Regional specialty soba around the country discussed later), a shabu-shabu like hot pot in which soba is dipped to eat.
なお、一般的な蕎麦ではないが、長野県松本市奈川地方にしゃぶしゃぶのような「長野県」（後述、各地の名物そば長野県を参照）という温かい鍋に蕎麦をつけてから食す変わった食べ方の蕎麦もある。