Hello 
Can any of you smart people help me understand these signs?
[edit] Thanks everyone!
Top
更科（さらしな）
Noren
きそば
Tiny
二八（にはち）
Menu
もり
かけ
天ぷら
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First bottom one looks like むり.
And I don’t think the blue is む considering the double dots.
Is it like a mochi shop?
I see the thing there where they could hammer, and the candy boxes at the back.
Or just a food shop/ingredient shop?
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I’m not sure about Top or Blue.
Tiny looks like へこ
Bottom, I do think the first one is 天ぷら(てんぷら）－Tempura
So this makes me think it is a resturant of some kind
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I assume with かけ and 天ぷら on the sign it’s a soba shop or something. The menu item first from the right is probably もり.
Those all make sense as soba menu items.
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Yep. 更科（さらしな）is a long-standing group of soba restaurants founded in 1789.
My guess for the tiny sign is 心.
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The blue part has きそば written on it and I believe thats called 暖簾 fyi.
Also, you read it right to left
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Wth, that’s そ? And where’s the left part of ば?
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its hentaigana if you know what that is
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special kana only for hentai
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I’ve found 二八そば which is 20% wheat + 80% buckwheat flour
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don’t worry, you can google 変体がな in public 
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What about the 一、?
I’m not sure if you’re joking, but yes that is 一、lol
EDIT: ah you meant the meaning. yeah its for listing stuff
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That’s just standard bullet type listing.
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thanks!
Also thanks to @Vanilla for clarifying that the Top and Blue signs are read right-to-left. (oh, and the 二八 also)
おもしろいね！
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