There is a Dumpling Museum in Sunshine City of Ikebukuro. Similar to the Ramen Museum in Yokohama, there are several well-known stores around Japan who have opened up branches here. Heard the deep fried shrimp dumplings are good!

in the average Japanese place. (This is also a good area to pick up cookware if you can’t make it to Asukasa) You didn’t say what area you’ll be in, but in Shin Yokohama is the Ramen Museum, well worth a...

, Yokohama, etc. I would rate them better than both Shin Sen Gumi in Torrance and Daikokuya. On par at least with Santouka (still love that Santouka flavor) but with the potential to be better once they get their noodles straight...

and especially Yokohama...People from yokohama seem to be utterly motivated by ramen and nothing else BTW...thanks for the info on the cypress place... !!

cities on our trip included Osaka, Sendai, Nagoya and Yokohama. Yokohama is a port city lying in Tokyo’s shadow with a late-rising but beautiful Chinatown, both a curry and ramen museum, and a baseball stadium. Strangely in...

any weather. I’ve never eaten ramen in LA but I can imagine you might only find a handful of decent places up here. For me the best ramen I’ve had so far is Yokohama ramen museum in Japan (the only place in Japan where...

, Shibuya, name it. I would also heartily recommend a day spent at the Ramen Museum in nearby Yokohama - it features big bowls and smaller samples by a rotating roster of legitimate nationally celebrated ramen chefs. If you are...

don’t forget ramen from the “raumen” museum and stadiums!

bowl to share so that we could try 2 or 3 different shops. The ultimate insanity of the ramen street culminated in a visit to Yokohama, just outside Tokyo. http://www.bento.com/phgal3.html There they actually have a Ramen Museum-...

places for “pub” fare: Kokekokko, Terried Sake House, the place downstairs from Yokohama ramen, Sasaya, Furaibo... etc. Check out this website for a good rundown in the LA area: http://www.japaneserestaurantinfo.com/...

museum in Yokohama, and a few other things. Tonkotsu (more of a Kyushu thing) has managed to become really popular in Tokyo these days and I don’t know if that’s because of shops like Ippudo or if they are simply...

is a must visit. For soba, try the cold soba at Matsugen and for ramen, either Ippudo (pork broth) or Ramen Setagaya (seafood) will serve you well. For yakitori, Tori Shin is highly praised, and I’ve heard native Japanese...

stalls in Tokyo? I used to go to the ones next to the river outside the west exit of Yokohama Station. Tasty but “takai”...

and filled with sweet red beans (my fave), chocolate or even cheese. browse and graze, and please report back! (there are usually tables set out so people don’t have to walk and eat.) also, there’s the ramen museum in...

in Yokohama, Japan. It became so popular over there that they decided to give it a try here in the U.S. and have added it to the menu. Torihei makes their Ramen Broth with Jidori Chicken and Torigara (Chicken Bones) with a few...