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  • iekei ramen
    Japanese Ramen

    Iekei ramen (家系ラーメン)

    Iekei ramen (家系ラーメン) is a Yokohama ramen style built on a rich tonkotsu shoyu broth, glossy chicken oil, and thick chewy noodles. Chefs finish each bowl with chashu pork, spinach, green onions, and three sheets of nori seaweed. The...
    August 9, 2021July 27, 2026
  • Sakata Ramen
    Japanese Ramen

    Sakata Ramen (酒田ラーメン)

    Yamagata Prefecture is the ramen kingdom with Japan largest ramen consumption. The number of stores per capita is also the fiercest battleground in Japan. Most of the residents of the prefecture love ramen so much that it can be said tha...
    July 31, 2021March 10, 2026
  • jyumonji ramen
    Akita

    Jyumonji Ramen 十文字ラーメン

    Jyumonji Ramen is a local traditional ramen in Jyumonji area of ​​Yokote City in Akita Prefecture. Lots of people loves this type of ramen because there's no artificial flavourings. Also, one of the secret of this ramen is spring water f...
    May 7, 2021March 10, 2026
  • White Ramen
    Aomori

    Aomori Miso Curry Milk Ramen (青森味噌カレー牛乳ラーメン)

    INTRODUCTION TO AOMORI MISO CURRY MILK RAMEN Ever heard a ramen with milk? Yes, there's actually a food like that! If there's a Black Ramen in Toyama, this is Aomori Miso Curry Milk Ramen, also called as white ramen. This unique ramen is...
    April 26, 2021March 10, 2026
  • hakodate ramen
    Japanese Ramen

    Hakodate Ramen (函館ラーメン)

    The bowl looks almost too plain at first. A pale, see-through broth, a tangle of fine noodles, a few slices of pork. Then you taste it, and the savory depth catches you off guard. That is Hakodate ramen, the clear salt-broth ramen of a h...
    April 8, 2021October 22, 2026
  • Asahikawa Ramen
    Japanese Ramen

    Asahikawa Ramen (旭川ラーメン)

    Asahikawa Ramen is a soy sauce ramen from Asahikawa City in Hokkaido. A layer of lard seals the surface, which keeps the bowl hot in brutal cold. Underneath sits a double soup of pork and seafood, plus firm low-hydration wavy noodles. Th...
    March 27, 2021August 2, 2026
  • Shirakawa Ramen
    Fukushima

    Shirakawa Ramen 白河ラーメン

    Shirakawa ramen is a soy sauce ramen from Shirakawa City in Fukushima. It pairs a clear chicken-and-pork broth with handmade curly noodles. Visit Shirakawa to compare local bowls, learn how it differs from Kitakata ramen, and find practi...
    March 17, 2021July 13, 2026
  • tokushima ramen
    Japanese Ramen

    Tokushima Ramen (徳島ラーメン)

    Tokushima ramen is a regional noodle dish from Tokushima Prefecture. It typically combines a rich soy-seasoned broth with thin noodles, sweet-savory pork belly, green onions, bean sprouts, and an optional raw egg. Local bowls generally f...
    January 17, 2021August 27, 2026
  • okayama ramen
    Japanese Ramen

    Okayama Ramen (岡山ラーメン)

    Okayama ramen is a regional ramen style from Okayama Prefecture. Most bowls use tonkotsu shoyu, or cooks finish a chicken-and-pork broth with soy sauce tare. Flat chewy noodles and shop-by-shop variation define the style. Okayama ramen i...
    November 16, 2020June 27, 2026
  • wakayama ramen
    Japanese Ramen

    Wakayama Ramen (和歌山ラーメン)

    Wakayama ramen is a local tonkotsu shoyu ramen from Wakayama City. Locals call it chuka soba, not ramen. Thin straight noodles, a rich soy sauce and pork bone broth, and haya sushi on the counter define the bowl. Quick answer: Wakayama r...
    September 20, 2020August 11, 2026
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