Serves meat, vegan options available. The museum is a street-scape replication from the year 1958, the year the world's first instant ramen was invented. Features different ramen shops, and admission is charge. Each adult visitor is expected to order one bowl of ramen. A few of the shops offer vegetarian/vegan ramen (vegan: ryu shanghai honten, komurasaki). Building also houses an Okinawan bar, traditional cafe, an old-fashioned candy shop, gift shop, and exhibits that explain the history of ramen. Open Mon-Fri 11:00am-9:30pm, Sat 11:00am-10:00pm, Sun 10:30am-9:30pm.
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2 Chome-14-21 Shinyokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Japan, 222-0033
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23 Reviews
First Review by ReiAmber
sasham
Points +4440
Fun! - Edit
Very fun spot! There are only two ramen shops that offer vegan ramen as of early
Read moresummer 2024.
The most fun part was walking around the showa era streets inside the museum
We went to Komurasai and my partner and I both had the vegan ramen. I liked it very much, very filling with tons of veggie toppings. The vegan ramen was 950yen. The soup base does taste a bit garlicy and noodles are a bit undercooked - but I am not picky like that- I appreciate the effort.
We acutally bought annual passes to the museum so will be coming back.
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bettafrg
Points +2526
Fun museum, tasteless ramen - Edit
The museum is very fun and educational, but the vegan ramen is not great. Both of them taste plain, they can’t hold a candle to the plant based akamaru, but they’re bad even in comparison to t’s tantan ramen and other vegan ramen. They sell a couple of vegan instant ramen at their shop on the first floor. My suggestion is to enjoy the museum, with his unique Showa period atmosphere, but don’t expect much from the ramen.
Read moreUpdated from previous review on 2024-04-28
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TorstenJung
Points +260
Ryu Shanghai Honten Ramen and Komurasakai - Edit
Ryu Shanghai Honten:
Read moreRamen was great regarding noodles and soup taste, but not as much vegetables as expected.
Komurasakai:
Lots of vegetables, very delicious, but also a lot of garlic. If you don't mind garlic, I would more recommend this one, if you have to choose.
Drinks menu is only in general Ramen menu at the vending machine
Updated from previous review on 2023-12-17
Pros: Taste of broth, Different restaurant choices, Location, atmosphere
Cons: Drinks hidden in general Ramen menu
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FireSheep
Points +194
Vegan ramen in Komurasaki - Edit
Really like the flavor of the vegan ramen!
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saturnhp
Points +670
Nice ramen - Edit
Rich flavor and easy to order. Had the vegan ramen at Komurasaki.
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portiii
Points +777
Delicious vegan ramen - Edit
The museum itself was great but the ramen restaurants were the best part. It was one of the best vegan ramen that I‘ve ever had.
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sagarak
Points +570
Delicious vegan ramen! - Edit
As of January 2023, 2 restaurants inside have vegan options: Ryu Shanghai Honten & Komurasaki. Tried Ryu Shanghai Honten’s vegan bowl, you order on a machine that prints out your ticket, there is an option for English. The first page let’s you choose the vegetable option so it’s very clear! The noodles are super thick, and the broth was very tasty. I would definitely come back!
Read morePros: Good vegan options, Inexpensive
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sobren15
Points +98
Good ramen - Edit
Good ramen but the soup broth is a bit light on taste! The sky based meat replacement is delicious though!
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Noots
Points +148
Very good miso ramen - Edit
I was able to try the miso ramen from Ryu Shanghai Honten. Only this store had a vegan ramen available when I went. They might have lowered the options due to covid. But this has been my favorite miso ramen so far. Flavors are spot on and really loved the addition of the chili paste.
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samH
Points +141
Ryu’s Vegetarian Ramen - Edit
The ramen had no seaweed or fake meat. It was almost creamy (with no dairy) because of the sesame. Fresh greens, tomato and mushrooms. It had a lot of nice flavors. Other shops also had ramen but I was too full to try more hahaha
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ToraKo
Points +433
Overpriced, overrated. - Edit
Had the Komuragasaki ramen. The flavor was bland and the soy meat dry. I couldn't finish the bowl because it was just plain and heavy. It was also really expensive compared to better vegan ramen out there. The museum however was very interesting and the 1940s style decoration was wonderful.
Read morePros: Museum, decoration
Cons: Overpriced
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brebre
Points +83
Ramen is amazing!!! - Edit
Had the best vego ramen ever
Read morePros: Super cheap, Delicious
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ReiAmber
Points +3090
unique atmosphere and ramen from around Japan/the world - Edit
The Ramen Hakubutsukan/Ra-haku is such a fun place to visit. There are currently 4 shops that can make vegan ramen.
Read moreThere is an area explaining how ramen was born in Japanese & English and there are free performances of kamishibai ("paper play" street theatre) and other entertainment popular at the time.
It costs 310 yen to enter once, 500 yen for a six-month pass, or 800 yen for a yearly pass. Once you use the six-month pass or yearly pass three times, if you bring it back to the gate and fill out a card with your name/address/email address, you'll get another free six month or yearly pass and a coupon pack. Mine had four daily passes to get in free and coupons for free ramen toppings at the various restaurants, free snacks at the coffee shop with the purchase of alcohol, etc. All of the gift passes/coupons were in Japanese with no English, except for some of the names of the shops. I believe you can extend your monthly/yearly pass multiple times.
All adult visitors are expected to order one bowl of ramen per visit.
Some of the restaurants have been there since the museum opened in the '90s and some stay open just for a short period of time before closing to make way for another shop.
Use buttons marked with a green tomato on the ticket machines outside each shop to get the vegan/vegetarian options. Per chart on website Muku Zweite's and Ryu's Noodle Bar's noodles use egg, others are vegan. They can both switch to rice noodles on request. http://www.raumen.co.jp/vegi.html
Komurasaki: "Meat-free Osama Ramen ¥900, small ¥670 Popular Osama Ramen made without animal products, featuring soybean meat in place of roast pork, along with bean sprouts, bamboo shoots, tree ear and spring onions." The "meat" tasted like dried pressed garlic- I loved it. Recommended for those who don't like realistic fake meat and garlic lovers.
Ryu Shanghai Honten: ¥870, "A simple dish of shiitake mushrooms and kombu seaweed in a broth made from fresh miso flavored with sesame oil, served with salty miso paste." This is the only one where I can't finish all the soup as it's a bit sweet. The spicy miso topping is awesome though.
Muku Zweite: ¥900, German shop using durum flour for pasta and flour for pizza, thick miso sauce soup and bean sprouts/cabbage. Limited opening time for 18 months. The taste is so unique and amazing.
Ryu's Noodle Bar, Canadian shop with potage-based soup/spicy mushrooms.
Gift shop has vegan ramen in miso and shoyu flavors to take home-¥186
Updated from previous review on 2018-09-26
Pros: lots of variety as some shops rotate in and out, reasonably priced under 1000 yen, unique atmosphere
Cons: can get crowded at times, especially lunch
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Araella
Points +78
Amazing Ramen - Edit
The ramen at Komurasaki was my favorite, and Ryu Shanghai Honeten close second. I only tried those two because the vegetarian ones don't come in small so I was too full. Easy to go there and all ordering is done on a kiosk that has multiple languages and will tell you right away if there are vegetarian or vegan options.
Read moreBeen dreaming of going back
Pros: 4 ramen shops have veg options , Multiple languages, Easy ordering
Cons: Vegetarian ramen does not come in small sizes
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ssuthin
Points +470
Good to visit once - Edit
I went there on Oct 26th, 2019, looking at the musuem leaflet, there are 4 shops that have the greeen signs which mean they have the vegetarian / vegan options.
Read more1. Ru Shanghai
2. Komurasaki
3. Mukuswitae
4. Ryus noodle bar
Pros: Cheap price, Nice decoration of old Tokyo on B1F
Cons: 1 hour from Tokyo
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gbinnie9
Points +241
Delicious ramen with soy meat - Edit
The noodles in this were great. I liked the fact they added soy meat even though it wasn’t my favourite texture. The broth was really delicious, definitely one to try.
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charlotteinjapan
Points +461
Great vegan ramen and an awesome experience - Edit
Delicious vegan ramen at Ryu Shanghai Honten and Komurasaki. Try to go later in the evening to avoid a long wait. Definitely worth the experience, cool atmosphere and the ramen is great.
Read morePros: Delicious ramen, Vegan options, Interesting location
Cons: Waiting time
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ForAnimalsJapan
Points +5204
Definitely worth a visit - Edit
As of this writing there are three shops that offer vegan ramen. I’ll rank them in order of deliciousness: Ryu Shanghai Honten, Komurasaki, Ryu’s Noodle Bar. Be sure to get the gluten free noodles at the latter restaurant because the regular noodles use egg.
Read moreThis is a nice place to visit and experience old-timey Japanese culture. They can get pretty packed on weekends and holidays so arrive early. There’s also a gift shop where you can buy veggie ramen, chopsticks, and other merch.
ReiAmber
Muku Zweite can also change the egg noodles for rice noodles for a small fee, and I think that also would make their ramen vegan.
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Joepanther
Points +94
I migliori in Yokohama - Edit
Il miglior posto per mangiare ramen c e molta scelta e ogni tanto i ristoranti cambiano per me i migliori sono quello di Yamagata e quello di Kumamoto
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EDJ28
Points +350
Absolutely amazing - Edit
So nice to be able to enjoy ramen just like everyone else! I had the vegetarian/vegan ramen from Komurasaki and it was delicious. Totally filling, fantastic taste, overall just wonderful. The entire atmosphere of the restaurant is also great, definitely recommend!
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MarianaBertelli
Points +18
best vegan ramen I've had in Japan - Edit
My best vegan ramen in Japan was the one from shop number 6, Komurasaki. Very tasty, with great garlic seasoning! It costs 900 yen (or 650 yen if you choose the smaller version). There are 2 other shops with vegan ramen and a third one that you can change the egg noodle to a rice noodles option. To read about the ingredients of all vegan ramen available, ask the museum staff, they'll give you a vegan menu. Besides the dish, you pay an admission of 310 yen to visit the museum, which is very interesting! There's also an one year pass (if you're thinking about returning).
Read morePros: 3 vegan options and 1 adaptable, interesting museum, nice atmosphere
Cons: admission fee , they could have some vegan guioza
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ErinEats
Points +54
So much fun. - Edit
We only had a short time to spend here but loved it! We are at こむらさき (komurasaki) and it was delicious. I wish I’d had more time to spend and explore. Id have loved to try some snacks and have a drink.
Read morePros: Fun atmosphere , Learn new things, Eat delicious ramen
Cons: Only a few veg options
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edwardbc
Points +1021
Interesting ramen - Edit
I had to try the only two vegan options in this place. They were pretty good indeed and I was reaally full after that of course. If you're a ramen fan this place is a must.
Read moreOne downside is that if you're more than one person and want to try different ramens you will have to eat alone as you enter each vendor only if you purchased a ticket ramen from them. I was with a friend and we had to split twice as she was trying other two types of ramen.
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