The Journey to Japan’s Most Remote Ramen Shop

How far would you travel for a really good meal? To savor a bowl of charred-soy ramen at the family-owned Rishiri Ramen Miraku, you’ll need to take some combination of planes, trains and ferries to an island off Japan’s northernmost tip. But we promise this dish—featuring locally harvested kombu seaweed as the not-so-secret ingredient—is totally worth the trek.

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[themaximum]

One day I’ll embark on this side quest...but not today.

[urban]

How irritating to know you've been withing walking distance but didn' know of the place.

[mackie]

Dude, you traveled all the way to the freaking tip of japan just to say " Oh wow this is good." ?

[danyxie]

Even remote island in japan look very clean, neat, and orderly.

[oscarmorales]

*books plane to Japan*
*arrives at airport*
*goes to airport's ramen restaurant*
*eats ramen*
Oh wow, this is good.
*goes back home*

[kevinzhang]

2:08 "oh wow this is good" is the lamest review ever.

[TheLeapluv]

The restaurant head chef looks like a legendary anime character who had won a global cooking competition but left that life behind to live in a more simple country life

[danboing]

"Oh wow, this is good."


Guarantee you the voiceover guy isn't even the one to eat it.

[donsullivan]

This is how my parents described their walk to school

[christopherpeninger]

I will have to admit. Just shutting up and eating is the probably the best compliment to the food while you are in Japan. Now I have to try it...

[Doc-rrto]

All that travelling expense for a bowl of ramen....



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[memereview]

Honestly, it looks better... but is it better than my favourite INSTA NOODLE?! Yes... yes it is.

[anicecream]

I was expecting them to moan and their clothes rip off and be nude and compliment the food in a very detailed way tat its concerning

[waltermatthewberg]

Last month I went to an Ichiran in Tokyo. It was so fucking good that I cried a little.

[chibitatsu]

This is one of the shops featured at the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum. It was probably one of my favorites.

[spireos]

2:08 "oh wow it tastes good"

Also him : spits ramen

[navygravy]

This is one of those hard-ass side quests/achievements in a game that can take literal weeks to get
And I’m all in for it

[kentonyc]

1:45, a correction. He says balanced taste of saltiness "shoppasa" not sourness "suppasa". He also mentions that "koubashisa" which is toastiness, or roastedness. He does mention sweetness "amasa" as the captions describe. So really he talks about three flavors, salt, sweet, and roast, coming together, not two.

[CelinaTabbi]

It really isn’t a good thing that I watched this video at 5am before school can’t get good ramen there :(

[coffeeteaornicklausasmrvlo]

AND WHEN HE FINALLY TASTES IT, ALL I GET FOR A FOOD REVIEW IS...
"oh wow, this is good"