Japan issue · 21 cities · 212 places
Eat Japan,
one bowl at a time.
A traveler’s field guide to regional ramen, remarkable counters and the culture waiting between bowls.
The Japan index
21 cities.
212 essential bowls.
Major ramen capitals receive deeper collections; smaller cities keep a focused essential list. Every count comes directly from the guide data, so the index and city page always stay consistent.
Tokyo
Shoyu · Tsukemen · New-wave
Osaka
Tori paitan · Shoyu · Late-night
Kyoto
Dashi · Chicken · Kyoto shoyu
Fukuoka
Hakata tonkotsu · Kaedama
Sapporo
Miso · Butter corn · Curry
Yokohama
Iekei · Tonkotsu shoyu
Nagoya
Taiwan ramen · Maze-soba
Hiroshima
Hiroshima tsukemen · Onomichi influence
Kobe
Chicken paitan · Kobe beef experiments
Sendai
Spicy miso · Gyutan ramen
Kanazawa
Seafood dashi · Black ramen
Nagasaki
Champon · Seafood
Kumamoto
Garlic tonkotsu · Mayu
Kagoshima
Mild tonkotsu · Local pork
Hakodate
Shio ramen
Niigata
Five local ramen styles
Yamagata
Cold ramen · Spicy miso
Kitakata
Wide noodles · Morning ramen
Wakayama
Chuka soba · Tonkotsu shoyu
Onomichi
Niboshi shoyu · Pork back fat
Takayama
Takayama chuka soba
Art between bowls
A guide you can feel.
Original ink, watercolor and anime-inflected illustrations turn each city into a visual chapter—without borrowing protected characters or copying a living artist’s signature style.