Ramen Spots in Japan

Area

Japan
- Japan
- Hokkaido / Tohoku
  
  Hokkaido
  
  Aomori
  
  Iwate
  
  Miyagi
  
  Akita
  
  Yamagata
  
  Fukushima
- Kanto
  
  Ibaraki
  
  Tochigi
  
  Gunma
  
  Saitama
  
  Chiba
  
  Tokyo
  
  Kanagawa
- Koshinetsu / Hokuriku
  
  Niigata
  
  Toyama
  
  Ishikawa
  
  Fukui
  
  Yamanashi
  
  Nagano
- Tokai
  
  Gifu
  
  Shizuoka
  
  Aichi
  
  Mie
- Kinki
  
  Shiga
  
  Kyoto
  
  Osaka
  
  Hyogo
  
  Nara
  
  Wakayama
- Chugoku
  
  Tottori
  
  Shimane
  
  Okayama
  
  Hiroshima
  
  Yamaguchi
- Shikoku
  
  Tokushima
  
  Kagawa
  
  Ehime
  
  Kochi
- Kyushu / Okinawa
  
  Fukuoka
  
  Saga
  
  Nagasaki
  
  Kumamoto
  
  Oita
  
  Miyazaki
  
  Kagoshima
  
  Okinawa

Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ramen

Ichiran (Dotonbori Main Store)

4.0

2333 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Souemonchou 7-18

The Dotonbori Annex of the famous tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen restaurant Ichiran. The retro Showa fashioned store is adorned with tables where you can enjoy a conversation with friends or family over a bowl of ramen. Their tonkotsu broth is a closely guarded secret refined over many years. Come taste the unique flavor of their noodles paired with a secret blend of chili pepper in their tonkotsu ramen. Ichiran's famous solo counter spaces are also available for the single customer.

Not a bad ramen. Its very popular, but nothing great in my book. The broth is good but very simple. A clean taste, in a very convenient location.
Tokyo Ramen Street

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Marunouchi 1-9-1 Tokyo Station No.1 street B1

This is a concentration of restaurants specializing in ramen located on First Avenue Tokyo Station, just after heading out from JR Tokyo Station’s Yaesu Underground Central Exit. Tokyo Ramen Street opened in 2009 with four shops including the famous Osaki (in Tokyo) tsukemen shop Rokurinsha that consistently attracts long lines. After that, it welcomed new shops from Tokyo’s famous restaurants, and is growing as an established gourmet spot where one can try various kinds of ramen. Businessmen as well as Japanese tourists and people on business trips visit as well.
ICHIRAN Souhonten -Headshop & Office-

4.0

585 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashihakataku Nakasu 5-3-2

This natural pork bone ramen shop opened in 1960 in Fukuoka, and it is the main location of a chain that is beloved nationwide. The soup is light on the unique pork bone taste and aroma, and it contains a secret sauce made from chili peppers that floats on the surface. Visitors can adjust the toughness of the noodles and the richness of the soup as they see fit. This location offers a “concentration counter” in which the seats are separated by walls, allowing customers to focus on enjoying the bowl of ramen in front of them. The atmosphere of the first floor is redolent of food stalls, and many original menu options are available. The closest station is Nakasu-Kawabata Station.

When she found out that Ichiran started in Fukuoka, my wife insisted we make a pilgrimage to its main branch. Its basically a 10 floor temple dedicated to the worship of Ramen. Admittedly, the food...
Rokurinsha

4.0

644 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Marunouchi 1-9-1 Tokyo Station No.1 Street Tokyo Underground Northern Tokyo Ramen Street

A hot and rising star in the world of tsukemen (noodles accompanied by a broth for dipping) and is located adjacent to Tokyo Ramen Street just past Tokyo Station’s Yaesu Exit. Rokurinsha established the now-popular style of ultra-thick noodles served with an ultra-thick dipping soup, and is one of the most lined-up for restaurants in Japan. The meat-based dipping soup also incorporates seafood flavors to create a delicious broth you will want to enjoy down to the last drop. Once your noodles are finished, you can request that additional broth be added to the thick dipping soup, watering it down just enough to turn it into an excellent standalone soup.

Really good broth and the noodles are really delicious when accompanied by it! Although there is perpetually a queue even during off peak hours, it would be cleared very fast as the diners are...
Mutekiya

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Toshima-ku Minamikebukuro 1-17-1

A ramen restaurant in Ikebukuro that only has counter seating. Mutekiya offers a menu which will satisfy both your stomach and soul, including the popular Honmaru X, a rich tonkotsu-based shoyu (soy sauce) ramen with plenty of back fat; and the One Pound Doka-Mori Chashumen, which comes with a mountain of thick-cut chashu roast pork. The restaurant also serves novel ramen varieties like the crab miso noodles, made with crab miso shipped direct from Sakaiminato in Tottori; the carefully devised karamen spicy noodles, and the mabodofu-like mazesoba. Another nice thing about Mutekiya is its large selection of toppings, such as ajitama marinated soft-boiled eggs and fried garlic.
Menbakaichidai

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Kamigyou-ku Minamiseyachou 757-2

This ramen shop is located in Kamigyo Ward of Kyoto City. This unique Negi Onion Ramen is made with spring onions harvested right in Kujo, Kyoto and heaps of the shop's own spring onion oil. Also called, Fire Ramen, flames erupt when pouring the spring onion oil onto the ramen. Making this a multi-sensory experience of entertainment and taste, which many enjoy.
Asahikawa Ramen Village

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Asahikawashi Nagayamajuichijou 4-119-48

This theme park which has assembled together the finest ramen shops from within the city of Asahikawa is approximately 20 minutes by car from JR Asahikawa Station. Current member stores include the eight restaurants of Aoba, Ittetsu-an Matsuda, Ishida, Tenkin, Santoka, Saijo, Koubo Kato and Baikoken. There are even restaurants offering miniature sizes of ramen, so visitors can easily enjoy taste testing at several places. It is also popular among tourists as a unique photo spot with a giant ramen bowl featuring chopsticks holding noodles that appear to be floating in the air.
Ramen Sugita-ya

4.0

60 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Isogo-ku Shinsugitachou 3-5

Ramen Sugita-ya is the first directly managed restaurant by Yoshimura-ya, which is widely known for its iekei-style ramen (pork bone broth with soy sauce and strait noodles). For many years it has carefully preserved the flavor and taste of its birthplace ramen. Large amounts of chicken bones and pork bones are used as a base for a broth of exquisite thickness. The cooks are proud of the careful, rhythmic way in which they drain water from the noodles, for this is one action that helps determine the taste. Inside the shop is a notice board that shows how to eat ramen in a tastier way. The shop opens quite early, at 5:00 a.m.

Superb delicious lamen. Only 15 seats always busy with queues to taste the most marvelous lamen you can eat in Japan. Broth is cooked in large pans. Show lamen cookers
Ganso Sapporo Ramen Yokocho

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Minamigojounishi 3-6 N/Grandeville 1F

Ganso Sapporo Ramen Yokocho is a renowned alley in the Susukino district that made Sapporo ramen widely known all around Japan as the origin of miso ramen. Koraku Ramen Meitengai established in 1951 was the birthplace of Ganso Sapporo Ramen Yokocho. There are 17 restaurants brimming with select individuality in the alley, including a Michelin Guide-listed restaurant, a long-established restaurant founded in 1933, and a restaurant run by a noodle factory. The retro atmosphere that evokes the Showa period is also an attraction.
Chuka Soba Tomita

4.0

64 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chiba Pref. Matsudoshi Matsudo 1339 Takahashi Building 1F

Chuka Soba Tomita is a ramen restaurant located about a four-minute walk from Matsudo Station in Matsudo,Matsudo City. It serves Tsukemen (noodles for dipping) and Chuka Soba, made with 100% domestic wheat, in a thick, hearty broth that is simmered for 20 hours every day. There is a line at the door every day in this enduringly popular restaurant.

Saw this place featured in a documentary-film Ramenheads - and wanted to visit. The place sits only 10 people max for a culinary experience of about an hour. Tried their main Tsukemen large dish...
ICHIRAN Tenjin Nishidori Branch

4.0

424 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukuoka Pref. Fukuokashichuouku Daimyou 2-1-57

This is a tonkotsu ramen specialty shop in Tenjinnishi Street in the central district of Fukuoka City. One can concentrate on enjoying the taste of ramen in the individually partitioned seating. With the “kamadare” tonkotsu dish, only available in the Tenjinnishi Street shop, one can really savor the rich taste and a full aroma. In addition, the chashu pork here comes from the belly rather than the shoulder, giving it an extra rich flavor. It is a five-minute walk from Nishitetsu Tenjin Omuta Line’s Fukuoka (Tenjin) Station.

The Ichiran-Ramen is exactly how I like my Ramen:Savoury, rich, creamy broth, thin noodles and moreover, you can have spicy seasoning! We came here on a rainy, rather chilly day and it was the...
Menya Gokkei

4.0

82 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Ichijoujinishitojikawarachou 29-7

This ramen shop is in the ramen mecca of Ichijoji in Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City and is a frequent haunt of ramen fans. Featuring a rich broth, they use noodles of medium thickness that have some give from the Kyoto noodle maker Men-ya Teigaku. They close shop as soon as the soup runs out.

Despite the title of my review, there is also broth made of seafood but I didnt taste it yet. But the chicken original versional ramen is very delicious. I can eat it without difficulty although the...
Misen JR Nagoya Station Restaurant

4.0

109 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Nakamura-ku Meieki 1-1-4 Nagoya Honeymoon street

A ramen restaurant located in the Nagoya Umaimondori restaurant area in JR Nagoya Station. This restaurant chain is the inventory of Taiwan ramen, a Nagoya specialty dish. The restaurant's large menu also includes sides like tebasaki chicken wings and rarojan spicy minced meat. The entire menu is also available for takeout. The restaurant is frequented by locals as well as tourists.

I was having tebasaki with some former colleagues at a different place, when I mentioned the Nagoya Taiwan ramen, which they had never heard about. This was the trigger. They really wanted to come...
Baikohken (New Chitose Airport Branch)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Chitoseshi Bibi New Shin Chitose Airport Terminal Building 3F Ramen Dojo

New Chitose Airport Branch of the famous ramen restaurant, Baikohken, on the third floor of the domestic terminal, chosen as Asahikawa Ramen's Best Store. They're widely regarded for their Asahikawa soy sauce ramen, which uses a thick broth made with pork, chicken, dried anchovy and kelp. Their noodles are handmade with medium thickness that curls nicely in the broth. Their side menu includes Supreme Cheese Dumplings which use three kinds of cheese and are popular among women.
Japanese Soba Noodles Tsuta

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Toshima-ku Sugamo 1-14-1

This restaurant is so popular, it has to issue numbered tickets early in the morning. Featured on television shows and in other media, Tsuta was the first ramen shop to be awarded a Michelin star. From truffle oil to dried tomatoes, Tsuta uses only the highest quality ingredients from around the world. Every item on the menu has been created and prepared with care and attention to detail, such as the shop's signature soy sauce soba. Tsuta refuses hold still and continues to research and refine the flavor of its dishes on a daily basis.
Bannai Shokudo

Gourmet / Alcohol

Fukushima Pref. Kitakatashi Hosoda 7230

A ramen shop located in Hosoda, Kitakata City. The restaurant’s shina soba with thick crimp noodles in a light pork bone broth and homemade tender, stewed homemade roast pork has been very much enjoyed by patrons of the restaurant for a long time. It is a famous ramen shop considered to be one of the big three local ramen shops in Japan.
Tokyo Station Ikaruga

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Marunouchi 1-9-1 Tokyo Station No.1 Street Underground 1F Tokyo Ramen Street

A ramen restaurant in Tokyo Ramen Street, part of the underground South Street area of the First Avenue Tokyo Station mall. Ikaruga's first location beyond the original in Kudan, the restaurant can be identified by its round paper lanterns inscribed with Ikaruga in Japanese on them. The clean restaurant, decorated in Japanese modern style, seats 24 customers at a time total including its two tables. Like many ramen restaurants, you order by using a vending machine out front to purchase a meal ticket that you hand to one of the counter staff; in addition to Ikaruga's signature ramen, you can also choose from among a selection of toppings and side dishes. Ikaruga's popular ramen uses a light, foul odor-free shoyu (soy sauce) broth made with pork bones and seafood that goes well with the restaurant's straight, medium thick noodles.
Ebisoba Ichigen Main Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hokkaido Sapporoshi Chuou-ku Minamishichijounishi 9-1024-10

This soba noodle shop is a 15-minute walk from Nakajima Koen Station on the subway's Namboku Line in the Chuo Ward of Sapporo City, Hokkaido. It's the headquarters of the Ichigen noodle shop chain, famed for its Ebisoba. Starting with the color of the bowl, this shop is committed to the fine points of ebisoba. They use custom-made noodles and their special soup made by adding their original recipe shrimp oil to a slowly simmering soup stock of northern shrimp. Toppings include tenkasu tempura bits and shrimp flakes made from northern shrimp heads. Choose a salty, miso, or soy sauce-based broth along with your favorite style of noodles.
Tenka Ippin Main Shop

4.0

102 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kyoto Kyoutoshi Sakyou-ku Ichijoujitsukudachou Maison Shirakawa 1F

Tenka Ippin started its life as an outdoor ramen stand in 1971. It owes its continuing popularity to its broth, which is rich but with a clean aftertaste. The restaurant has grown and now has many branches, but the original branch has some unique menu items, and you will find yourself wondering which of the many varieties to choose.

I had a stopover for lunch here during my time in Kyoto. I must admit that Tenkaippin is among the best that serves good ramen. I went to this place twice! I just love it.
Kinryu Ramen

4.0

65 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Osaka Osakashi Chuou-ku Namba 1-7-13

Located in Minami district in Osaka along Midosuji Street, this ramen restaurant's theme is dragons. There are five branches in Minami alone, which shows how popular this chain is. The restaurant features a standing counter style. The simple pork bone soup is made from slowly boiling pork bones and chicken feet and adding a secret sauce. Free toppings include kimchi, leek, and garlic. This place is popular as an end to a night of drinking and as lunch for tourists. The nearest station is Namba Station. Open 24 hours.

Visited Japan and wanted to go back because of this ramen shop. That’s how good it is! The ramen itself is O so good with cheap price, fast serving, free mince garlic, cabbage & scallion kimchi.