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Recommended bowl: Niigata style w/ ginger

One of the most legendary ramen shops in Niigata and the OG purveyor of Niigata-style shoyu ramen w/ ginger. Clear pork-based soup made with konbu and ginger, to go along with a dark shoyu tare. House made noodles and super thin slices of pork chashu. Now with several branches in Niigata and one in Tokyo.
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Recommended bowl: Great noodles

Homemade noodles are the star at Kuon, located right in front of Fukushima station. With tsukemen, ramen, aburasoba and various high-quality side dishes, you can’t really go wrong at this spot. A shoyu-based soup with light gyokai is the main soup but they also have Jiro-style bowls and limited edition items. This shop is part of the Fukushima Ramen-Gumi group, a collective of Fukushima-based ramen shops. Less

Recommended bowl: Baseball ramen

A well known Osaka ramen shop, open since 2013. The theme surrounding this shop is baseball, and aside from the decor, the menu offers some selections from the diamond as well. The main choices are the ‘straight’ or the ‘slider,’ a clear shoyu or a creamy tori paitan. Not super gourmet; more blue-collar style and good for any occasion. This shop has some connections to other high-level shops and is open until 1am. An Osaka go-to. Less