Japanese Cuisine - Ramen
Ramen Cooking Class in Tokyo
There are several popular types of ramen that evolved in Japan's diverse regions. Learn how to cook ramen yourself while you're in Tokyo so you can bring a taste of Japan back home with you!
Jusanko Shijimi Ramen
Jusanko Shijimi Ramen (十三湖しじみラーメン) is a local specialty from Goshogawara City, located in the northwestern part of Aomori Prefecture. It features “Yamato Shijimi” clam...
Wild Boar Ramen
In the Niimi region of Okayama Prefecture, wild boars are abundant, and dishes featuring boar meat, such as botan nabe (hot pot), have long been enjoyed. Wild Boar Ramen (als...
Sanjo Curry Ramen
Sanjo Curry Ramen (三条カレーラーメン, Sanjo karee ramen) boasts a history spanning over 70 years, and today, more than 70 restaurants in Sanjo City serve this iconic dish. I...
Kagoshima Ramen
Kagoshima Ramen is a style of ramen from Kagoshima made with straight noodles and a semi-cloudy broth based on pork bones. Unlike the pork-bone broths of Kumamoto or Hakata rame...
Tamana Ramen
Tamana City, in northern Kumamoto Prefecture overlooking the Ariake Sea, has long been known as a hot spring town—and as the birthplace of Kumamoto Ramen. Based on Kurume Ramen,...
Kumamoto Ramen
Kumamoto ramen spread from Kurume City in Fukuoka Prefecture, considered the birthplace of tonkotsu ramen, through Tamana City in Kumamoto Prefecture, and on to Kumamoto City an...
Obama Champon
Obama Champon is known for its light yet deeply savory broth, made with pork bones, chicken bones, seafood, and Japanese anchovy stock. Aromatic shell-on shrimp are stir-fried a...
Nagasaki Champon
Champon, said to have originated in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, has been enjoyed there since the Meiji era and is one of the region’s signature dishes. It is known for i...
Kurume Ramen
Kurume Ramen is a Kyushu-style tonkotsu ramen known for its cloudy broth, made by simmering pork bones for a long time, and its straight noodles. Now popular throughout Japan an...
Nagahama Ramen
Hakata ramen is famous as a Fukuoka specialty, but Nagahama Ramen is another local favorite. It is known for thin noodles served in a rich, hearty pork-bone broth. The broth cli...
Hakata Ramen
In Fukuoka, the birthplace of tonkotsu ramen, ramen is often synonymous with Hakata Ramen. It is characterized by a milky-white pork-bone broth and extra-thin noodles. Boiling ...
Nabeyaki Ramen
This simple, Japanese-style ramen has a light chicken-based soy sauce broth, chewy thin noodles, and toppings of green onion, chikuwa fish cake, and a raw egg. Its defining feat...
Hakata no Shio Ramen
Sanwa’s original salt ramen is made with Hakata no Shio and inspired by the Seto Inland Sea, giving it a character distinct from other salt ramen. Its light yet richly flavored ...
Tokushima Ramen
Tokushima Ramen, a regional ramen from Tokushima Prefecture, is now famous throughout Japan. The name “Tokushima Ramen” only became widely used relatively recently. It is said t...
Hiroshima Tsukemen
In 1954, inspired by something he had encountered in China, Mr. Shingu opened a Chinese restaurant called Shinkaen in Hiroshima City. Its “cold noodles” were popular at the time...
