Friends In Ramen

It's very sad that friendly and weird lobster ramen shop Tokio Sazae closed a long time ago, but in its place came Toriton Ramen Junkie....

A while ago, a few shops in Namba and Nipponbashi banded together to start a stamp rally. The idea behind this stamp rally was that each sho...

Which is more exciting, a new shop by new people, or a new shop by people you know you love? The people behind Junk Story and Men to Kokoro...

Well, this is it. The time has finally come. I have completed the Osaka Ra-sai Stamp Rally! It took a while and there were times I had doub...

Menya Taku, how I love thee . One of the shops on the Ra-sai stamp rally was the new Taku in Ebisucho. I was only too happy to oblige. 麺や...

Osaka is not lacking for shoyu ramen shops, but still, when a new one opens I am happy to oblige and visit. Yuaitei opened mid-2014 in the m...

Out of nowhere a few months ago, one of the ever-changing ramen shops of Dotonbori turned into a new shio shop, Ganso Shio Seseri Ramen Kes...

A walk around Denden Town at night and I found new abura soba shop Kirinji by the people behind classic Suzume . Abura soba is a pretty rare...

I was hungry and looking for ramen shops in the Namba area I haven't been to. I eat in Namba often, so I have a pretty good handle on wh...