Tokyo Ramen Street | The Best Ramen in Tokyo? 🍜

In this video we take you to Tokyo Ramen Street in search of the best ramen Tokyo has to offer (at least to our taste buds)!

Tokyo Ramen Street (東京ラーメンストリート) is an area in an underground shopping centre beneath Tokyo Station, where you can find eight restaurants specializing in ramen dishes.

How this project came about is that the train station invited the best ramen shops in Tokyo to open up a location, and they all agreed! Perfect for any hungry foodies passing through the station.

The eight ramen restaurants found on Tokyo Ramen Street (東京ラーメンストリート) are:

1) Rokurinsha - famous for their thick tsukemen-style noodles served with a dipping sauce.

2) Oreshiki Jun - specializing in tonkotsu ramen.

3) Tanmen Tonari - a healthy ramen option with lots of stir-fried vegetables.

4) Ikaruga - they have spicy ramen as well as a 3-cheese ramen.

5) Senmon Hirugao - home to thin salt ramen noodles.

6) Soranoiro Nippon - serving Edo-style chuka-soba as well as vegan options.

7) Kizo - offering shio ramen with Sendai beef tongue.

8) Chiyogami - made with chuka-soba noodles and a clear broth.

We ended up eating at #3 "Ikaruga" where I went for the mildest of the spicy ramen, and well, it had some kick to it! I thought my ramen was delicious and would highly recommend it to all you ramen lovers out there!

Now, how to find Tokyo Ramen Street?

That's a little bit tricky in such a massive train station, but here are some directions to get you on your way. Look for the Yaesu Central or South Exit and follow the signs all the way through the station. Eventually you'll come to another sign pointing towards Tokyo Ramen Street (東京ラーメンストリート) - and if not, you can always ask a local to point you in the right direction!

Since Tokyo Station is a major hub, there are always lots of hungry commuters passing through, so as you can imagine it gets quite busy - particularly during lunch and dinner hours. Since Tokyo Ramen Street (東京ラーメンストリート) has become very popular so you can expect to find a line of customers waiting outside the restaurant. Just buy your ticket from the vending machine and then join the queue!

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Tokyo Ramen Street | The Best Ramen in Tokyo? 🍜 Travel Food Video Transcript:

today we are on a mission. It is a Sunday here in Tokyo. We haven't really done a whole lot today but we are feeling hungry so we're going to be heading over to Tokyo's Ramen Street (東京ラーメンストリート) for dinner. This is located inside Tokyo station. It is going to be a bit of maze because that station is massive. Let's go eat dinner.

And there is Tokyo Ramen Street (東京ラーメンストリート). So I don't know if I've already mentioned this or not but Tokyo Ramen Street (東京ラーメンストリート) isn't a real street outside in Tokyo. This is basically inside a commercial center underneath Tokyo Station. And we are underground so don't think we're going to be outdoors in Tokyo.

How to enjoy Tokyo Ramen Street (東京ラーメンストリート). And how to order a ramen (ラーメン) most importantly. Over here you use vending machines to order your meal.

They have a whole bunch of little photos of the different types of ramen (ラーメン) you can get. You stick in your money, you get a ticket and then you stand in line outside of the restaurant and once there is finally a table for you, you are ushered in and you hand over your ticket.

Well that was a wonderful meal. Lips are swollen from the spicy ramen. I can't imagine what level 4 is like. But anyways I thought we could talk about the rice for the different ramen bowls. I have a little receipts here.

We paid 990, 850 and 850 Yen. For each of these bowls of ramen. And we finished them all.

What is the best bowl of ramen you've ever had? Where was it and what did you order?

This is part of our Travel in Japan video series showcasing Japanese food, Japanese culture and Japanese cuisine.

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