Are Japan’s Ramen Shops Closing Down? (Please note that the above shop, Chukasoba Sato, hasn’t closed. I just visited them on their day off . . . twice) Recently, in November 2020, there have been a few high profile news articles discussing how Japan’s ramen industry was hit by COVID-19 (called shingata corona virus…
I met up with some of my ramen-hunter friends to talk about the 2019 Hyakumeiten, a list of 100 famous shops in Tokyo. This list is curated by Tabelog, one of Japan’s popular food ranking sites. We talk about how many shops we crushed, discussed our favorites, and raised some money for a couple…