Chidamoto Shokudo
While drinking with a friend who lives in Okinawa at an izakaya in Naha, I heard that there was an Okinawa sob …
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BUTAKIN Higashi-Umeda Branch
In the spring of 2025, while walking from Umeda toward Ogimachi for an errand, I noticed a new Jiro-inspired r …
Menya Yuko Kawaramachi
Once upon a time in Shijo Kiyamachi, there was a ramen shop called Yatai Yuko, named after its stall, which se …
Miyazato Soba
Miyazato Soba. Founded in 1979, It has a long history of more than 40 years and is quite famous, often winning …
Hakata Ikkosha Kyoto Ramen Alley Branch
One evening, while wandering through Kyoto Ramen Alley on the 10th floor of Isetan, directly connected to JR K …
Takaesu Soba
Okinawa has a local dish named “Yushi-dofu”. It is soft tofu with a fluffy texture when bittern is …
Ganko Men
In Kyoto’s Fushimi Ward, which has already become a hotbed for ramen restaurants, there is a place calle …
Miyara Soba Urasoe Branch
I was vaguely aware that Okinawa soba varies in style depending on the region, but when I heard that there was …
Daikan Head Sho@
Have you ever wondered ”what the first ramen in Japan tasted like?” The oldest Chinese noodle shop in Japan is …
Sacchan Soba
I heard that there is a restaurant in Nago, a town in the northern part of the main island of Okinawa, that se …
Shio Gensui Amagasaki Head Shop
Shio Gensui, a popular chain of salt ramen restaurants, was founded in Nishinakajima in 2007 as an offshoot of …
Ramen-sou Rekishi wo Kizame Osaka Nipponbashi Branch
I had heard a rumor that the Ramen-sou Rekishi wo Kizame Osaka Nipponbashi Branch, which opened on January 28, …
Ramen Miya
After 10 years of training at the famous Honke Daiichi Asahi Takabashi Head Shop in Kyoto, a craftsman became …
Yousukou Ramen Meimon Kamiyama Branch
Among the several Yousukou Ramen restaurants that have opened in Umeda and other areas of Osaka, I visited the …
Jinrui Mina Menrui Tsukemen Specialty Noodle Shop
On April 27, 2025, Jinrui Mina Menrui, one of the most popular ramen restaurants in Osaka, opened a Tsuke …
Homemade Sanuki Udon and Meat Jinza Daimon Branch
When I went to Shinbashi before, I happened to find a huge line for a Sanuki udon specialty restaurant called …
Menya Kirameki Kyoto Sanjo
The other day while walking along Kawaramachi Dori, I saw a sign for a ramen shop and suddenly felt like eatin …
Jinrui Mina Menrui: A Fusion of the Near Future and Japanese Culture
On November 23, 2024, Jinrui Mina Menrui, one of the most popular restaurants in Osaka, opened its first …
Mokkosu Ishiyagawa
I visited the Ishiyagawa Branch, the second branch of Mokkosu, a Chinese noodle restaurant called the “soul fo …
Home-made Udon Sanshiki
While there are many so-called “famous” udon restaurants in Kyoto City, I noticed that there are not so many r …
Homemade Thick Noodles Dokamori Matcho Sannomiya Branch
There are various ramen shops in Kobe, but I think there are still very few Jiro-inspired ramen shops (or mayb …
Banraiya
“Banraiya“, a popular ramen shop in Fukakusa, Fushimi Ward, was renamed ”Banraiya, specializing in …
Minatoken Sannomiya Branch
There is a ramen restaurant, Minatoken Sannomiya Branch, under the elevated railway tracks of Kobe Sannomiya S …
Takeuchi Udon Restaurant
I visited Takeuchi Udon Restaurant, an udon specialty restaurant established in Nakatsu in 2006 by a former bu …