The Best Ramen 30 Restaurants in Japan 2024

We have prepared for you 30 of the most popular and recommended ramen restaurants in Japan. Discover the best restaurants Japan has to offer.

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1. Ramen Boyatetsu

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4-4-46 Nishiiwata, Higashiosaka City, Osaka Prefecture

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Ramen Boyatetsu, a ramen shop with a constant line of people, is located about a 10-minute walk from Wakae-Iwata Station. Simple and orthodox ramen based on the concept of "ramen that eats delicious noodles" is popular.

2. Harukiya Koriyama Branch

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2-16-13 Kuwano, Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture

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Harukiya Koriyama Branch is a ramen shop located in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture. It was founded in 1994 as a branch of the famous Chinese soba restaurant Harukiya in Ogikubo, Tokyo. It is loved by the locals because you can taste the taste of a famous restaurant in Fukushima.

3. Nanaya

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2-21-2 Matsugae-cho, Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture

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“Menso Nanaya” is a ramen restaurant located in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture. The soup, which combines game meat, which is characterized by its powerful and rich body, with refreshing dried sardines, is popular.

4. Ramen Yukimasa

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583-2 Yamane, Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture

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Ramen Yukiga is a ramen shop located in Kurayoshi City, Tottori Prefecture. Known as Tottori's local ramen, it is loved by the locals as a famous beef bone ramen restaurant that uses a rich soup made from beef bones.

5. Ikedaya

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3-15-2 Aoki, Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture

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Shida-style ramen specialty store "Ikedaya" in Fujieda City, Shizuoka Prefecture has a constant line of people. Open from 8:00 in the morning, the light ramen with bonito-based broth is popular.

6. Meat Soba and Chicken Chinese Zabun

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3-9-2 Hinokimachi, Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture

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Niku Soba Tori Chuka Zabun is a ramen shop located in Yamagata City, Yamagata Prefecture. Meat soba made with Yamagata soba, a local specialty that is characterized by its thick and chewy noodles, is popular.

7. Kamejiro

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4-2-6 Nishinen, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture

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"Kamejiro" is a ramen shop located right next to the Kanazawa Central Market. Because it is located near the market, it is open from 8:00 in the morning, and its light soy sauce ramen with a chicken stock base is popular.

8. Ramen Iida Shoten

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2-12-14 Toi, Yugawara Town, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture

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“Ramen Iida Shoten” is a ramen shop in Yugawara-machi, Kanagawa Prefecture, where there is always a line. The additive-free soup that uses carefully selected ingredients and the homemade noodles that are entwined with it have become a hot topic, and it is so popular among ramen enthusiasts that it is said to be a sacred place for ramen.

9. Homemade noodles Kuromatsu

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9-5 Yanagawacho, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture

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This ramen shop is known for its light and flavorful soup that resembles a Japanese bowl. The combination of the clear soup, which you can choose between white soy sauce or soy sauce, and the soft noodles is outstanding.

10. stupid boy

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1-4-10 Ukita, Kita Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture

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A restaurant created by a chef trained in Shishu, China. In a stylish and elegant restaurant, you can enjoy authentic Sichuan Chinese cuisine at lunchtime and mainly noodles at dinnertime. The famous "Doro Tantan Mazesoba" is medium-thick and chewy straight noodles, with square blocks of grilled pork, cilantro, hemp and spicy. "Chicken salt soba" with terrine is also popular.

11. Ramen chicken

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4-20 Yoshinocho, Minami Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

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As the name suggests, this is a ramen shop that maximizes the flavor of chicken. Although it is far from the city, it is a popular store with a constant line of customers.

12. Japanese Style Rakumen Yondaime Hinodeya

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2-21 Honmachi, Hasuda City, Saitama Prefecture Tanaka Denki Building 1F/2F

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A ramen shop located near Hasuda Station. The specialty is clam ramen. The combination of thin, straight noodles made with homemade mature eggs and the deep flavor of the soup is outstanding.

13. Chinese soba four leaves

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298-20 Igusa, Kawashima-cho, Hiki-gun, Saitama Prefecture

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The specialty is the Tanrei Chinese Soba, which is packed with the flavor of chicken. Clam soba is equally popular. The rare char siu that melts in your mouth is also one of the attractions.

14. Ramen hydrangea

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4-20-1 Yatsurucho, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi

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"Hydrangea" is located in Nakagawa Ward, Nagoya City. The soy sauce ramen is an exquisite word. A shop you definitely want to visit.

15. Chinese Soba Shigure Isezaki Chojamachi Main Store

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Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama City Naka Ward Furocho 2-10-5 Sanjin Building 1F

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A ramen shop with an impressive stylish entrance. Guinea fowl and Hinai chicken that are cooked for over 10 hours and combined with seafood stock are popular.

16. Noodle shop Ayami

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5-3-12 Misono 10, Toyohira Ward, Sapporo City, Hokkaido

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A Sapporo ramen shop that represents Hokkaido with a constant line of people. The specialty miso ramen is famous as Sapporo's number one.

17. Ramen Sugita-ya Chiba Yuko

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4-17-7 Sukeko, Chuo Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture

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"Sugita-ya" where you can eat Iekei-ramen in Chiba Prefecture. It is a popular shop that opens early in the morning and has a long line of people waiting in the morning.

18. Ramen Torikatsu

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39 Kyomachi, Kuwana City, Mie Prefecture

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Former sushi restaurant ramen shop. The noodles are medium-thick, and the soup has a rich scent of dried sardines that makes you want to drink it all up. The backfat ramen is recommended for first-time visitors, but regular customers recommend salt ramen.

19. Ramen Kanade

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690-32 Tonami Otsu, Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture

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Ramen restaurant popular for chicken soba. In addition, there are plenty of menus such as soy sauce and salt, and it is full of regular customers who say that they are all delicious.

20. Ramen Shibahama

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1-303-1 Aioicho, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture

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A ramen shop famous for its excellent wheat soy sauce. Many locals line up for the morning-limited morning ra, and the line never stops regardless of the time.

21. Ramen star

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Kanagawa Prefecture Yokohama City Kanagawa Ward Sorimachi 1-3-4 Lumino Sorimachi 1F

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A ramen shop run by the owner who is a big fan of Eikichi Yazawa. You can enjoy soy sauce ramen made with carefully selected ingredients to the background music of Eikichi Yazawa.

22. Mendokoro Itsuka

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2-4-18 Chuo, Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture Fujii Building 1F

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The most popular ramen shop in Kure. The soup, which is mixed with the medium-thick noodles, is famous for being so delicious that you want to drink it all up. Be sure to order the char siu rice bowl as well.

23. Ramen Fukuro

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Niwa Building 1F, 1-13-4 Yanagibashi, Taito-ku, Tokyo

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This ramen shop is a 2-minute walk from Asakusa Station. This restaurant was opened independently by the owner who trained at Sapporo's famous restaurant Sumire, and features a slightly milder soup and special noodles than the original. Rich miso ramen is popular.

24. Mendokoro Bigiya Hamamatsu

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3-29-20 Kamoe, Naka Ward, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture

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A restaurant with a head office in Tokyo and listed in the Michelin Guide Tokyo 2015. The owner's hometown is Hamamatsu, so we opened a store here as well. The point is the simple soy sauce soup and carefully selected ingredients.

25. Ramen ABE's

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4-2-1 Chiyoda, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture

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A ramen shop popular for its soy sauce ramen that does not use chemical seasonings. I'm happy to be able to drink up to the soup with confidence. In addition to the basic chicken and dried sardines, we also recommend the unique saury ramen.

26. Donbei Yatai

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1-8-13 Obiyacho, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture New Prince Mitani Building 1F

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"Donbei Yatai" is said to be the best shijimi ramen in Japan. It boasts popularity as a ramen restraunt enshrined in the middle of a bar district. Every day, many people bring horse mackerel in search of ramen with plenty of freshwater clams.

27. Kotobuki Seimen Yoshikawa Kawagoe

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1738-14 Imafuku, Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture

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A ramen shop famous for its dried sardines and seafood bowls. This restaurant has a reputation for being highly satisfying, with a wide variety of menu items such as oyster soba and sardine rice bowl.

28. Chinese Soba Nakajima

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1190-4 Iizukacho, Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture Higashikanai Prefectural Housing 1F

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This ramen shop is so popular that people line up from the time it opens even on weekdays. The famous grilled pork wonton soba is loved by many people for its light and delicious Japanese-style soup stock.

29. Ramen Moriya.

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105 Nihonmatsu Heights, 339 Naganumacho, Sakae Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

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A ramen shop with the concept of "additive-free, chemical-free, healthy ramen". In addition to the ramen that uses carefully selected ingredients, the richness of the menu is also attractive.

30. Ichibankan

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2-9-26 Tsuchido, Onomichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture

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An Onomichi ramen shop listed in the Michelin Guide. The signature menu is simmered ramen. The best ramen that exquisitely intertwines chewy flat noodles with a soup that uses small fish as a secret ingredient that does not use chemical seasonings.

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