Tokyo Style Noodle Hotate Biyori (Tokyo Style Noodle ほたて日和) has quickly become Tokyo's hottest ramen shop. Their claim to fame is incredibly tasty scallop ramen. Tokyo Style Noodle Hotate Biyori - Accolades Every year, Tabelog (Japan's Yelp) puts out a list of Tokyo's Top 100 ramen shops. Biyori came out of nowhere in 2023, joining the list soon after opening. In short, they've taken the Tokyo ramen world by storm. This has been done in a relatively short period of time too. Before you Visit Biyori Biyori requires that you visit in-person to make a same-day reservation. On weekdays, they s ..read more

For appetizing chicken ramen in Kyoto, try Michelin recommended shop Ramen Touhichi. Their ramen soup is just chickens and water. Chicken Ramen in Kyoto - Has to be Touhichi Could there be a Kyoto ramen shop more faithful to using chicken as an ingredient than Touhichi? Probably not. Touhichi is located in North Kyoto. Specifically, they're close to Ichijoji, an area brimming with top ranked ramen shops. Carefully Put Together Soup Touhichi's signature ramen is the "Tori Shoyu Ramen". It boasts a whopping 7 types of shoyu (soy sauce). There's sourness, sweetness, saltiness, and a whole lot ..read more

Is Ide Shoten (井出商店) the best ramen shop in Wakayama? Many believe so. They've been serving tasty ramen since 1958. Best Ramen in Wakayama? - Certainly Most Famous Ide Shoten is a huge part of Wakayama City's and Wakayama Prefecture's ramen scene. It's first on the list for many visitors to the area. Let's break it down. In Wakayama, there are two main styles of chuukasoba (ramen is called chuukasoba in Wakayama). Ide Shoten is responsible for creating one of these styles. In it, the soup is more tonktosu (pork bones) than shoyu (soy sauce). More specifically, they cook pork trotters for hour ..read more

Gion Duck Noodles serves delicious duck ramen in the heart of Kyoto. They were recently named one of West Japan's best ramen shops by Tabelog. Gion Duck Noodles Smart naming on their part? Gion Duck Noodles is smack dab in the middle of Gion, Kyoto's posh commercial district. They're run by the Menroku Group, who operate 3 ramen shops in Kyoto and Osaka. All 3 shops specialize in duck ramen. Menroku's owner has a background in both ramen and French cuisine. This East West dichotomy is clearly visible in terms of how everything is prepared in the kitchen. Duck Ramen Let's start with the soup i ..read more

Seabura no Kami (セアブラノ神) is one of Kyoto's finest ramen shops. They serve a heavier bowl and are centrally located too. Seabura no Kami - One of Kyoto's Best Ramen "Seabura" means pork back fat. "Kami" means god. A godly bowl of pork fatty ramen? That pretty much sums up the ramen at Seabura no Kami. Their signature bowl (Niboshi Soba) features a great deal of seabura. But this pork back fat isn't as heavy as it looks. If anything, it adds a smoothness and sweetness to a salty shoyu (soy sauce) base. It furthermore brings down some of the fishiness (the soup is dried fish based). Amid toppin ..read more

Is this the prettiest ramen in Japan? It might be. Jikitan Momiji also serves one of the tastiest bowls of tsukemen out there. Background on Jikitan Momiji Ramen shop Jikitan Momiji (食煅 もみじ) is nestled between rice fields in the little town of Kuki, Saitama (North of Tokyo). It's an hour to an hour and a half from Tokyo, depending on where you're coming from. It happens to be one of the top ranked ramen shop shops in all of Japan. They open in-person reservations every morning from 10 am. In other words, you can put your name on their list after 10 am and then return after 11 am to eat. On t ..read more

Warito (和利道) serves one of the tastiest bowls of tsukemen (dipping ramen) in Tokyo. They're conveniently located near Shibuya station too. Warito's Tsukemen More specifically, Warito is closest to Tokyo's Ikejiri Ohashi station. Shibuya station and Nakameguro station are also accessible, but are farther away. Warito's owner once trained at Tetsu, a Tokyo tsukemen (dipping ramen) specialist. Warito's menu is simple. They too specialize in tsukemen (dipping ramen) and once in a while, serve a limited time ramen. The ticket machine has photos of the options, making ordering easy. In the tsukeme ..read more

For one of the most celebrated ramen shops in Fukuoka, visit Mendo Hanamokoshi (麺道はなもこし). They don't serve the local speciality (tonkotsu ramen) either! Top Ramen in Fukuoka - Hanamokoshi Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture is unquestionably all about tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen. Shops serving this heavier style of ramen dot the landscape. It's almost hard to come across other ramen styles in Fukuoka. As such, ramen shop Hanamokoshi deliciously sticks out. Delicately presented and on the lighter side, their ramen is a treat. Chuukasoba - Lighter Ramen The house special is a Chuukasoba, a soy sauc ..read more

For tasty Saga ramen, visit these three ramen shops. Saga City is all about rich pork bone ramen...and raw egg as a topping! Saga is the smallest prefecture on Japan's Southern island of Kyushu. The local ramen style might not be as famous as what's served in ,Fukuoka prefecture next door. But it's shamefully underrated. Below are 3 shops in Saga City (Saga prefecture's capital) that best represent it. 1. Motomura - Classic is Best There's no hiding the fact that Saga is pork bone ramen country. Motomura (らーめん もとむら) is essentially a torch bearer for classic Saga pork bone ramen. Their soup c ..read more

Kushiro Ramen is simple but delicious. Here are four places in Kushiro, Hokkaido to enjoy lip-smacking, local ramen! Kushiro - Port City Ramen With over 160,000 inhabitants, Kushiro is Eastern Hokkaido's largest city. It's an important port, being mostly ice free compared to other ports in Hokkaido. In Kushiro, the ramen of choice is fairly light. But it's full of flavor! From Michelin recommended ramen to juicy dumpling ramen, check out our four Kushiro picks below. Maruhira - Ramen Atop A Hill Sitting atop a scenic hill overlooking Kushiro, Maruhira (ラーメン まるひら) has been around since 1959. T ..read more