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Beef Bone Ramen at Kamitoku ⁠in Ginza, Tokyo ⁠ ⁠ Kamitoku is from the remote prefecture of Tottori, which is quite the contrast to ritzy Ginza, the neighborhood they chose for their Tokyo outpost ⁠ ⁠ Beef bone usage is a rarity in the ramen world ⁠ The soup will remind of beef bone pho...but there's a stronger beef bone flavor here ⁠ ⁠ ⁠The usukuchi shoyu (soy sauce) seasoning is light and complemented by sprinklings of black pepper...pepper for your ramen steak⁠ ⁠ Toppings - crunchy mizuna, gre...

Miso Curry Milk Ramen at Chuukasoba Charume in Kojiya, Tokyo ⁠ ⁠ I couldn't say no to this limited time bowl ⁠ Only available for a few days, it was a collab between Ramen Walker magazine and ramen shop Charume ⁠ ⁠ It's a reworking of Aomori's regional Miso Curry Milk Ramen⁠ Alongside the miso, the curry base is a blend of cumin, garam masala, coriander, turmeric, and other spices ⁠ The soup is pork meat, chicken bones, and dried fish flakes ⁠ ⁠ There's also garlic oil sprinkled on top, which wo...

Gorgeous Duck & Dumpling Ramen with Egg at Mendokoro Tomo in Akasaka, Tokyo ⁠ ⁠ Tomo, one of my favorite ramen shops, recently added this beauty to their menu ⁠ ⁠ The light, soy sauce seasoned soup is all duck - an extra fatty breed from Kyoto too⁠ The same duck is showcased in topping form, along with smoky (broiled) chicken chashu and pork dumplings with silky wrappers⁠ ⁠ As to the remaining toppings, there's green spring onions (negi) cut in two different ways and a soft-boiled egg⁠ ⁠ The noo...

Nagasaki Champon at Atariya Shokudo in Yanaka, Tokyo ⁠ ⁠ Atariya Shokduo moved to the Yanaka neighborhood from Akihabara ⁠ ⁠ Same awesome ramen at the new location ⁠ It was my first time trying this bowl ⁠ ⁠ The soup is chicken based, with the mountain of toppings a high point - pieces of squid, fish cake, wood ear mushrooms, pork, bean sprouts, etc. The champon noodles are extra thick ⁠ @atariya_shokudo

Rich and Thick Miso Ramen at Yukikaze ⁠in Sapporo, Hokkaido ⁠ ⁠ Yukikaze is one of Sapporo's top ranked miso ramen shops ⁠ They're smack in the middle of Susukino, Japan's largest nightlife district outside of Tokyo ⁠ ⁠ The base is a blend of three types of miso⁠ The soup is pork bones, chicken bones and dried tuna (maguro) flakes...these ingredients are locally sourced and boiled for several hours ⁠ ⁠ As advertised, the result is indeed a thick and rich soup ⁠ But it's not exceedingly rich...no...

Black Seasame Tantanmen (Soupless) at Kokokara in Sangenjaya, Tokyo ⁠ ⁠ Keep finding myself back here ⁠ Beautifully thick noodles in conjunction with a thick black sesame sauce that's peppery, smoky and fairly sweet ⁠ ⁠ The sansho (numbing pepper) and minced pork covering the noodles are like an amber-colored canopy ⁠ ⁠ It's a forest of green at the very top - negi (spring onions) and bok choy...cashew nuts are sprinkled about too ⁠ ⁠ Love this spot ⁠ ⁠ @@tantanmen_kokokara

だし麺 塩味@だし麺屋 ナミノアヤ⁠ 🍭上野毛 ⁠ ⁠ Nami no Aya opened last year in Kaminoge ⁠(Tokyo) ⁠ Kaminoge's actually where I grew up...but what's even crazier is that they're directly below a curry / spaghetti restaurant I ate at countless times when I was young ⁠ ⁠ Filled with nostalgic joy, I very much enjoyed this bowl⁠ ⁠ The gentle shio (salt) seasoned soup is kelp, bonito fish flakes, and niboshi (dried sardines) ⁠ ⁠ The thin, springy noodles have flecks of whole wheat flour in them ⁠ The toppings are serve...

Tonkotsu Ramen at Yokaroumon in Kinshicho, Tokyo ⁠ ⁠ Smelly pork bone ramen goodness, with a broth on the richer, porkier side⁠ It's also a bit bubbly on top ⁠ ⁠ What's fun about Yokaroumon is that the interior is falling apart...wallpaper coming off and so forth ⁠ A lot of people order alcohol and hang out longer than you would normally at a Tokyo ramen shop ⁠ ⁠ The tonkotsu ramen comes out in 10 seconds...since tonkotsu is less than 10% of the ramen I consume I often forget how quick it is to ...

Hakodate's Most Famous Shio Ramen⁠ ⁠ In 1930, "Hakodatemen Chubou Ajisai" started in Hakodate City (Hokkaido) as a Chinese restaurant ⁠ ⁠ Today they have several branches, most of them on their home turf⁠ Local Chinese restaurants like Ajisai pioneered Hakodate shio ramen...it's no wonder that this ramen style tastes like a noodle dish you might see parts of China ⁠ ⁠ A lot goes into the clear soup...the seasoning is salt, dried squid, sardines, scallops and other ingredients⁠ ⁠ The soup below i...

Yuzu + Fish Ramen at Chuukasoba Hotaru in Owada, Saitama⁠ ⁠ It's soy sauce anchored, with a double soup of chicken bones and fish ⁠ The fish include mackerel and bonito flakes and sardines...there's also kelp⁠ ⁠ The thin, fishy soup is like what you'll get at ramen shops Bunzo in Mitaka or Isoji in Yoyogi - the mackerel and bonito really leap out ⁠ ⁠ There's a whole lot of negi (spring onions)...they and the bright yellow, aromatic yuzu are a nice source of sweetness⁠ The yuzu citrus is like a t...

Michelin Recommended Ramen at Menya Sign in Gotanda, Tokyo ⁠ ⁠ This is their shio (salt seasoned) ramen - it has more going on vs the shoyu and is my preferred bowl here ⁠ ⁠ The seasoning is salt, white shoyu, and several types of sake - which lend some acidity to the soup⁠ ⁠ The chicken flavors are in control but there's also some fish in the background ⁠ They use chicken oil and another aroma oil that's part vegetables, sesame oil and olive oil ⁠ ⁠ ⁠Meat toppings - the chicken breast is season...