A famous ramen store in Kyoto that ranks in the top of Best Ramen ranking. The store is located near the Kyoto station, where it is easy to go. The store next door is also a ramen shop. Both restaurants make long line of people. Inside Shinpukusai-kan is a little bit dirty. The people at the store are in high spirit and are friendly. Maybe that is because its Kansai area?

The soup is chicken stock. It is hard to imagine from the black soup but surprisingly the taste of it is rather old-fashioned. The chicken flavor is doing its job. Burned soy sauce is the secret to the black color. The flavor has bitterness and saltiness.

As you can see from the picture, there is not much oil in the soup. One bowl is a combination of rich taste of soy sauce, saltiness, chicken stock, green onion that neutralizes the soup, and straight noodle. Since the ramen noodle absorbed some of the soup, it has become noodle with flavor.

Fried rice. It is seasoned lightly for its color.

■Shinpukusai-kan Head Store
Address:569 Higashishiokojimukaihata-cho, Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto
Hours:Monday, Tuesday, Thursday – Sunday 7:30~22:00, Wednesday11:00~15:00
Website: https://www.shinpuku.net/