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  Popular Niboshi Ramen by Nagi, a Wooden Tenement in Shinjuku Golden Gai

  If you walk a little down the alley behind the light-box of Shinjuku Golden Gai, you will find Nagi, the famous niboshi ramen restaurant. Its white lantern and sign hanging beside its entry are really eye-catching. The owner of Nagi has extensive experience of ramen as he used to be a manager of certain well-known ramen restaurant. After going through much practice and many trials, he chose to open his own restaurant in Shinjuku Golden Gai.

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  Head to one of Nihonbashi’s oldest restaurants, TAIMEIKEN, to try their traditional special omelet rice!

  Established way back in 1931, TAIMEIKEN is a western-style restaurant that has been able to maintain its popularity for over 80 years now. Naturally, I felt obligated to go and try their omuraisu to see what all the fuss what about.

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  One of the Top Famous Restaurants in Saitama Prefecture! Thick Tsukemen at “Noroshi”!

  When thinking of tsukemen in Saitama Prefecture, one that is sure to come up is “Noroshi” in Saitama City. Established as an independent shop after its owner trained at “Ore no Sora” in Takadanobaba, Noroshi is one of the most popular restaurants in Saitama Prefecture. Just how good is it, since it’s been said to have surpassed its origin shop “Ore no Sora”?!

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  Super-Rich Food in Tokyo! Niboshi Ramen from “Chuka Soba Ibuki”

  Super-rich niboshi ramen is booming with popularity in Tokyo! Among all the choices of locations to get this dish, one of the most popular restaurants with this rich type of broth is “Chuka Soba Ibuki,” located in Itabashi-ku’s Shimura-Sakaue.

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  Michelin-Quality Ramen in Tokyo: “Konjiki Hototogisu”

  I visited “Konjiki Hototogisu,” a ramen shop famous for its shellfish broth made with clams. This restaurant has been featured in Michelin Guide Tokyo’s Bib Gourmand section for three consecutive years.

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  Tokyo’s “Menya Itto” is a Popular Restaurant with Top-Quality Tsukemen!

  This time, I will be introducing “Menya Itto,” a super-famous restaurant that just about anyone who loves ramen knows about!

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  “Jiro style” of Gotanda’s “Ramen Dai”! Have You Seen This Kind of Ramen?!

  I’ve come to “Ramen Dai,” a restaurant around 3 minutes on foot from Gotanda Station. “Ramen Dai” serves ramen derived from the Jiro Horikiri style. Horikiri style is one of the variations of the original Jiro style. Ramen Dai has focused its locations in Tokyo, but it also has locations in areas like Kyoto and Fukuoka.

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  KIRAKU: One of Shibuya’s favourite long-standing ramen shops!

  Shibuya is known as being one of the most trendy, fashion-forward places on earth. Busy intersections and unique youth culture are a couple other images that come to mind. However, contrary to popular belief, there are in fact traces of old Japan hidden amongst the bright lights and shopping malls of Shibuya. KIRAKU is one of such places. This ramen shop has been in business for over 60 years-since 1952 to be exact! With patrons of various ages, from youth to the elderly, there’s no end in sight for KIRAKU’s popularity.

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  A 5-Hour Wait at "Tomita" in Chiba Prefecture's Matsuko?! The #1 Tsukemen in Japan That's Worth the Wait!

  Do you know about the shop said to be Japan's best ramen restaurant? That would be "Chuka Soba Tomita," in Chiba Prefecture's Matsuko City. It is a famous shop among famous shops; Tomita has won the grand prize in TRY (Tokyo Ramen of the Year) for 4 consecutive years, has earned many victories at tournaments such as Dai Tsukemen Haku for being top-quality tsukemen, and has had its praises sung by many famous ramen critics. This time, I visited that very "Tomita"!

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  Omori’s Hot-Topic Ramen Shop, “Muginae”!

  This time, I am visiting “Homemade Ramen Muginae,” a ramen shop in Omori, Tokyo. This restaurant first opened in April of 2016, and in less than a year it has grown rapidly, becoming an extremely popular restaurant! There is always an orderly line out the front of the shop, and they serve around 100 bowls of ramen every day until they run out.

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  Tokyo’s “Menya Kissou” has Ramen That’s Worth the Wait in Line!

  Out of all the ramen shops in Tokyo’s Koto-ku, one is truly representative of Tokyo’s ramen: “Menya Kissou.” Menya Kissou opened in 2006, armed with carefully crafted house-made noodles and a tonkotsu-seafood soup base that uses absolutely no artificial flavorings. Immediately after opening it garnered significant popularity, and that has carried over all the way to the present day, over 10 years since its opening.

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  Have you heard about Kinshicho, Tokyo’s hottest new ramen shop yet? It’s called Mengyo!

  This shop offers customers something a little different: ramen made with madai, or Japanese red sea bream, from Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture. Mengyo’s ramen is so popular you'll have to wait in a long line to try it no matter the day, and even then it sells out by evening most of the time.

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  Try amazing seafood tonkotsu ramen at Higashi-Jujo, Tokyo's Sansanto!

  Allow me to introduce you to the shop that is said to have the best seafood tonkotsu ramen around: Sansanto. It’s only open at night for 2.5 hours between 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.! But this doesn’t put a damper on Sansanto’s popularity; people form lines outside in pursuit of a bowl of their famously delicious ramen every night they’re open! I headed over to see what all the fuss was about!

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  Otsuka Restaurant “Nakiryu” Receives a Michelin Star in Tokyo’s Michelin Guide!

  “Nakiryu,” a ramen restaurant famous for its tantanmen, was given the great honor of receiving a Michelin Star in the 2017 Tokyo Michelin Guide!

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  The popular New York Hamburger Restaurant, SHAKE SHACK!

  Last year, the hamburger restaurant “SHAKE SHACK” opened its first Japan location at Gaien Park. With a three-hour wait on its opening day, SHAKE SHACK was a hit from the get-go! SHAKE SHACK is definitely a hot-topic hamburger restaurant: its second location opened in April of this year in Ebisu, and the third location opened in Yurakucho’s Tokyo International Forum this fall. This time, I visited the popular SHAKE SHACK’s second location in Ebisu.

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  To die for noodles covered in mouth-watering chashu at Toshima-ku, Tokyo's Kitaotsuka Ramen!

  Have you ever heard of Kitaotsuka Ramen’s chashu ramen? The dish is apparently covered entirely with melt-in-your-mouth chashu, or braised pork belly. I headed to Kitaotsuka in Tokyo’s Toshima ward to try it for myself!

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  Kan-nana Ramen soup filled with seabura (pork back fat) that it almost looks like snow: “Hirataishu Ajian” in Gotanda, Tokyo

  A bowl of ramen soup filled with so much seabura. Though it’s true that it does not sound like a good idea for your health, there are still many who are attracted to the peculiar taste of this ramen.

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  “Umakara Ramen Hyori” in Suidobashi; a deluxe bowl of ramen with mega-size karaage (fried chicken) on spicy thick soup with umami!

  Visited “Hyori” in Suidobashi! This is a direct shop of the famous “Takano Tsume” ramen shop in Gyotoku area in Chiba.