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When is miso ramen not miso ramen? When it’s the new ramen at one of Japan’s top beef bowl chains

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 16, 2026
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Sukiya serves up a unique interpretation of miso ramen.

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• (beef bowls • food • gyudon.Sukiya • miso ramen • miso soup • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • tonjiru)

Tokyo’s insane Garlic Ramen is a meal, and an aroma, you’ll never forget[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  May 27, 2026

There aren’t enough breath mints in the world to save us, but we’re going in anyway.

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• (COK • crazy • food • garlic • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test)

Tokyo’s new extra-expensive ramen restaurant is dividing opinions, so we tried a bowl

• Casey Baseel
  May 24, 2026

Crab, Claaaaab, and high prices in Asakusa.

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• (Asakusa • COK • crab • expensive food • food • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • restaurants • SNJO)

Saltiest ramen in Japan? Ikebukuro White goes viral for crazy salt levels

• Oona McGee
  May 15, 2026

We challenge you to find a saltier ramen in Japan.

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• (COK • food • Ikebukuro • Ikebukuro White • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • shio ramen • shio soba • SNJO)

7-Eleven Japan now has ramen machines…but only at 41 stores

• Oona McGee
  May 13, 2026

Find out how to use the machines, and more importantly, where to find them.

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• (7-Eleven Japan • 7-Eleven noodles • 7-Eleven ramen • 7-Eleven ramen machine • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Noodles • ramen • Saitama • SNJO • taste test)

Japan releases new ramen sandwiches… that don’t taste like ramen

• Oona McGee
  May 10, 2026

Lunch Pack falls flat in the noodles-and-bread department, but there is a silver lining.

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• (food • iekei ramen • Lunch Pack • Noodles • pocket sandwiches • ramen • ramen sandwich • sandwich pockets • sandwiches • taste test • Yamazaki Baking)

Downtown Tokyo’s meaty monster Kaibutsu ramen will challenge your stomach, thrill your taste buds

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 12, 2026

This ramen behemoth only appears two days a week, but for serious carnivores, it’s worth waiting for.

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• (awesome • big food • COK • crazy • food • meat • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • taste test)

50-year-old instant noodle recipe is back from the past in Japan for a limited time[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 30, 2026

As Donbei celebrates its 50th anniversary, two of its original noodle recipes return.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • Donbei • food • instant noodles • instant soba • instant udon • Nissin • Noodles • SNJO • soba • taste test • udon)

Ramen restaurant in top Tokyo tourist neighborhood skips price gouging, but how does it taste?

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 25, 2026

One-coin lunches still exist in Asakusa, but now to find out if it’s money well spent.

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• (Asakusa • cheap eats • cheap food • COK • food • Japan travel • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • tourism • travel)

Are 500-yen noodles at Akihabara Ramen Center a great find or cheap miss?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 23, 2026

We leave this ramen joint half happy, half less than satisfied. 

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• (Akihabara • Akihabara Ramen Center • COK • food • miso ramen • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo restaurants)

Train station platform ramen store closes its doors on half a century of history in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Mar 15, 2026

Sayonara to an old-school traveller’s way to eat noodles.

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• Japan
• (Adachi • Adachi Ward • COK • food • Japanese train stations • Nishiarai Ramen • Nishiarai Station • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • Tokyo • train platform • train station • train stations)

Pizza Hut Japan teams up with creator of one of the country’s best kinds of ramen for ramen pizza

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2026

Yokohama ramen continues to bring differently delicious tastes together with ie-kei pizza.

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• (awesome • crazy • food • ie-kei • ie-kei ramen • Noodles • pizza • Pizza Hut • Pizza Hut Japan • ramen • restaurants • weird • Yoshimuraya)

Is Japan’s Crab-shaped Cup Ramen Timer worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 9, 2026

This crustacean does more than just keep time on your three-minute instant noodles.

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• (COK • cooking • crab • cup noodles • cup ramen • cute • funny • gift • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen gadgets • Noodles • ramen • SNJO • timer • weird)

Visiting Japan’s one-and-only, and only-for-a-limited-time, Dragon Ball noodle restaurant[Photos]

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 6, 2026

Marugame Seimen branch in downtown Tokyo transforms into an anime eatery with awesome artwork inside and out.

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• (anime • COK • cool • Dragon Ball • food • manga • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • restaurants • Senzu Beans • SNJO • taste test • udon)

Taste-testing Japan’s real-world Dragon Balls and Senzu Beans at Marugame Seimen

• SoraNews24
  Mar 5, 2026

The treasures of Dragon Ball come to one of Japan’s favorite noodle restaurant chains.

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• (anime • COK • cool • Dragon Ball • food • manga • Marugame Seimen • Noodles • restaurants • Senzu Beans • SNJO • taste test • udon)

Ramen for 99 yen?!? Best value-for-money noodles found at unlikely chain in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2026

Not many people know about it, but there’s a way to get ramen for just 64 cents in Japan.

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• (COK • food • Gion • green tea • Kyoto • matcha • Noodles • ramen • restaurants)

Yakuzen ramen restaurant in Tokyo is very different to a yakuza ramen restaurant

• Oona McGee
  Feb 23, 2026

This tonkotsu ramen has medicinal benefits that can boost your energy after a long day of sightseeing.

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• (COK • food • ginseng • health • healthy food • Jimbocho • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • Tokyo • tonkotsu • tonkotsu ramen • yakuzen • yakuzen ramen)

Tokyo’s best ramen breakfast? Restaurant two minutes from Tokyo Station is a strong contender

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 14, 2026

Special morning-only ramen is a great way to start your Tokyo day.

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• (asa ramen • asara • breakfast ramen • COK • food • Japan travel • Noodles • ramen • restaurants • SNJO • stations • Tokyo Station • tourism • travel)

Is a snow day the perfect day to beat the crowds at a popular ramen restaurant? [Experiment]

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 12, 2026

Restaurant known for numbingly spicy ramen and intimidatingly long lines lures us out in the Tokyo snow.

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• (COK • cold • Kikanbo • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • Restaurant • SNJO • snow)

Cup Noodle maker Nissin teams up with thick-broth ramen chain for instant ramen rice[Taste test]

• SoraNews24
  Feb 10, 2026

The thickness we love with the convenience we crave.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Instant Ramen • instant rice • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • rice • SNJO • Tankaippin • taste test)

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