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…
東京ラーメンショー2019 The 2019 Tokyo Ramen Show, held around the first week of November, featured some collabs, some out of town shops, and some souvenir swag. Same as every year. I only went twice to try a couple interesting collabs. Nakamura and Setagaya did a spicy fishy ramen. And Kikanbo teamed up with Nagi for a…
大つけ麺博2019 Remember 2019? I do. I didn’t go as hard on the annual Grand Tsukemen Fest as I normally do, as I was traveling a bit in the month of October. It was unfortunate, as this year’s lineup was insane. Usually, we have five weeks with nine shops each week for a total of 45…