Japan Travel: Yummy Ramen Noodles to Warm the Body, Asahikawa Ramen, Hokkaido 18

Hokkaido is blessed with many delicious foods. In addition to fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood, Hokkaido has 3 region based famous ramen noodles. Asahikawa is one of these region famous ramen noodle locations. Sapporo is known for their miso based soup and Hakodate for its salt based broth. Asahikawa’s, on the other hand, broth is shoyu (soy sauce) based. Visitors will find many shops with shoyu ramen throughout the city.

Asahikawa ramen’s (旭川ラーメン) broth is known as being oily. The soup is topped off with a layer of lard to prevent the soup from losing heat in the winter, hence the oiliness. In addition to soup, Asahikawa ramen is known for its thin, firm and wavy noodles. The toppings for Asahikawa ramen are standard with the usual green onions, pork, bamboo shoots and egg.

Visitors may wish to visit Asahikawa Ramen Village. Asahikawa Ramen Village consists of 8 famous local ramen restaurants, each having a branch their Asahikawa ramen shop under the same roof. There is a gift shop and a ramen shrine in the complex as well. However, ramen shops are not limited to the Asahikawa Ramen Village and can be found throughout the downtown area of Asahikawa.

Facility Information:
Asahikawa Ramen Village
Hours: Generally 11:00 to 21:00
Closed: January 1st; also each individual restaurant has their own holidays
Admission: Free to the Ramen Village. Ramen is priced according to each shop though a bowl of ramen is around 800 yen

Access Information to Asahikawa Ramen Village:
Train:
From Asahikawa Station board the train to Minami Nagayama Station. The one-way journey takes 10 minutes with a cost of 230 yen. However, the trains are not very frequent. From Minami Nagayama Station, it is a 5 minute walk.
Bus:
From Asahikawa Station, board the bus. Disembark at the Nagayama-Jujo-yonchome bus stop. The one way journey takes 35 minutes. From the Nagayama-Jujo-yonchome bus stop, it is a 5 minute walk.

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