The 10 Best Ramen Shops You Must Eat in Nagoya, Japan

Nagoya is one of the biggest cities in Japan, with a population of 2.3 million people. The city is famous for its delicious street foods like Miso Nikomi Udon, Miso Katsu, Ankake Spaghetti, and Grilled Chicken Wings. The city is also famous for its great collection of delicious ramen shops, and today we’ve listed up 10 ramen shops that you should try when visiting Nagoya!

1. Josui

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Josui is famous for its delicious salty shio ramen. The shop accommodates only 14 people at once with its counter seats, so there’s always a long line in front of the shop. The ramen uses chicken broth and frigate mackerel as its base, creating a salty clear soup.

Josui’s best ramen is its “Shio Ramen”, which uses chashu and menma as its toppings. If you don’t want any toppings for your ramen, you can also order “Kake Ramen”, which consists noodles and the soup only. Visit Josui for its superb shio ramen!

2. Ramen Sankichi

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Ramen Sankichi is famous for its unique ramen, as it doesn’t use any chemical seasoning at all. The soup combines the white chicken broth and fish stocks, creating a well-balanced soup.

At Sankichi you can try light shoyu ramen, shio ramen, white miso sesame ramen, and miso ramen as well. If you want something different, you can try the rose salt tarako ramen, grilled vegetable ramen, and Bagna Cauda ramen as well!

3. Ramen Kanade

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Ramen Kanade is ranked no.1 in Aichi by a famous ramen magazine for its delicious shio ramen. This shio ramen combines the chicken and seafood broths, creating a light brown clear soup.

The shio ramen offered at Kanade has a very deep flavor with light taste, making this ramen is famous among the women as well!

4. Konan

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Ramen Konan is one of the oldest ramen shops in Nagoya, and it is famous for its delicious shoyu ramen. Konan combines chicken and pork broths, creating an amber color soup.

Konan also serves exceptional gyoza pieces, which are made from Awajishima’s onion and Aomori’s garlic. You can also enjoy eating the spring rolls, which are made from shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, pork, and onion as well!

5. Misen

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Taiwan Ramen was invented in Nagoya and Misen serves one of the most authentic Taiwan Ramen in Japan. Taiwan Ramen uses spicy ground meat and Chinese chive, and the ramen served in spicy soup. The ramen is very spicy, and you’ll sweat your body when eating this ramen.

In addition to Taiwan Ramen, Misen also serves stirred fry vegetable, chicken wings, and spicy mabo tofu as well!

 
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6. Taikoh

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Taikoh is one of the most popular Kurume Ramen shop in Nagoya. Kurume Ramen was invented in Fukuoka, and it is famous for its thick pork broth soup. The ramen uses the straight thin cut noodles, which matches perfectly with the thick soup.

Taikoh is also famous for its delicious Yakiramen as well. Available starting from JPY 650 a bowl, you should definitely try Taikoh when visiting Nagoya!

7. Menya Makoto

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Menya Makoto is one of the oldest ramen shops in Nagoya. Decorated with retro decoration, Makoto is famous for its delicious shio soba. Makoto’s shio soba combines seafood broth and pork broth, creating a very thick and bold flavor.

In addition to shio soba, Makoto is also famous for its delicious “Beef Tendon Taiwan Mazesoba” and Seijiro as well!

8. Menya Hanabi

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Menya Hanabi was the first ramen shop that invented “Taiwan Mazesoba”. Taiwan Mazesoba is the evolutionary version of Taiwan Ramen; it tastes exactly like Taiwan Ramen but has no soup in it. In a bowl, you’ll see a thick cut noodles served with spicy meat, raw egg yolk, and leeks.

The secret spicy sauce is hidden at the very bottom of the bowl, so you’ll taste the spiciness when eating this mazesoba!

9. Tsukemen Maruwa

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Maruwa is one of the most famous tsukemen shops in Nagoya for its superb tsukemen noodles! The soup combines vegetable, fish, and pork broth, creating very tasty tsukemen soup. The soup is served in a hot stone bowl, so the soup will stay warm for a long time! The noodles are made with 100% flour, and have chewy and fluffy textures.

Maruwa offers seasonal menu such as Miso Tsukemen in the winter and Lime Tsukemen in the summer. Serving exceptionally delicious Tsukemen, Maruwa is always crowded!

10. Ramen Ajisai

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Opened in April 2015, Ramen Ajisai has already ranked as one of the best ramen shops in Nagoya by a famous ramen magazine. Ajisai is famous for its exceptional shoyu ramen, shoyu tsukemen, and spicy tantanmen.

Ajisai shoyu ramen combines the chicken broth and fresh shoyu together, creating a flavorful ramen soup. Decorated with sophisticated design, Ajisai offers not just delicious ramen, but also great atmosphere to enjoy!

Let’s Eat Delicious Ramen in Nagoya!

Nagoya is famous for its delicious local food, and you can find a bunch of ramen shops in that area. Make sure that you visit one of these restaurants to try its superb ramen!