Asahikawa Ramen Mura (Village)

Asahikawa Ramen Village was opened in 1996. Seven restaurants in the city got together in this complex to share Asahikawa ramen’s goodness and its culture. On the outer wall, students from Hokkaido University of Education Asahikawa Campus painted animals of Asahikawa Zoo enjoying ramen.

The facility hosts Asahikawa's favorite restaurants - the established “Aoba” serving the same good soup blending goodness of ocean and land since its establishment, “Ittetsu-an” proud of soup simmered one whole day and the Char Siu (roasted pork) that takes two days in making, ”Ishida” serving noodles in the marvelous soup made of simmered bones, ”Tenkin” offering the traditional goodness, “Santoka” provides the taste you never get tired of, “Saijo” with the rich soup made of the whole chicken bones, and “Baikoken” creates “The Asahikawa Ramen” in their secret soup. The seven restaurants encourage each other and improve their tastes.

In the neighborhood, there is Asahikawaramenmura Shrine, said to bring your romance fulfilled as hot as the soup and as long as the men (noodles). There are also photo spot where you can stick your face in the painted ramen gods, or benches in a chopsticks shape. It is a quite unique ramen world.