1.Hakata Ramen&Nagahama Ramen  

　"Hakata Ramen" is almost the same as "Nagahama Ramen". White thick soup(sometimes reddish brown) & thin noodle are characteristic of Hakata Ramen. Hard & tough noodle will surely gives you unique feeling on your teeth !

　Hakata Ramen has roots in unexpected sources. Noodle is from Taiwan dish, soup is from Ainu (aborigines of Japan) dish !  Most famous Hakata Ramen restaurants are "IPPUDO" & "ICHIRAN".
ICHIRAN was once for members only ! Now,of cource you can enjoy ICHIRAN's Ramen whenever you'd like.

　Ippudo & Ichiran made Hakata Ramen Nationalbrand.







2. Kurume Ramen
　Actually, the Kyushu-style Tonkotsu Ramen was born in Kurume by accident in 1937.
Kurume Ramen's noodle is thin (thicker than Hakata Ramen), soup is white & heavy.

　You can distinguish Kurume Ramen from other style Ramen by it's ingredients.
Typical Kurume Ramen has a "NORI"(laver) as its topping.

　Most famous Kurume Ramen restaurants are "Maruboshi Ramen"(open around-the-clock),
"Rairaiken"(in Kitakyushu, the pioneer of topping Nori on Ramen),Kairyu in Kitakyushu
(has a shop in Shinyokohama Raumen Museum).

Fukuoka(North part of Kyushu-Island) is one of the most famous place for its delicious food,especially "Tonkotsu Ramen" in Japan !

 “Tonkotsu Ramen” is Fukuoka's typical dish which is nationally known. The soup, made of the pork bone , is different from other kinds of Ramen, which are soy sauce and miso and salt.
Pork bone is boiled　for hours （perhaps,for a couple of days & more !） till they break into pieces.

If you come to Fukuoka,
Never forget to visit "Ramen-restaurant" !
It is worthwhile visiting !

Once you visit one of the Ramen Restaurants in Fukuoka, you must be hooked on “ Tonkotsu Ramen ” !

You can roughly divide “Fukuoka’s Tonkotsu Ramen” into 2 types as followings,

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