Kiwami, which is situated in Ginza Nana-chome, serves food under the motto “safe, inexpensive, and delicious”. You will be surprised by their Kiwami ramen (320 JPY (incl. tax)) if you take into account that this shop is actually located in Ginza. This ramen that looks like Chinese noodles from long ago has gotten a reputation for its fresh, delicious taste that is quite hard to resist. Its soy sauce-based soup that is made from chicken bones is complemented perfectly by the curly medium-thick noodles. Complete the taste with roasted pork, nori (dried seaweed), menma (fermented bamboo shoots), and green onions on top. It has such an authentic taste that you cannot tell that it is so cheap! This shop’s most famous ramen is the reasonably priced Kiwami set (520 JPY (incl. tax)). With that price for a set, there’s nothing else to say except that you'll be satisfied. Various other sets are also available.

Kiwami Ramen

Ramen Sankichi is a long-established ramen shop that is located in Ginza Hatchome. The secrets to its really low prices are the reduced personnel overhead expenses because it is run by a husband-wife team as well as the lower cost in making the soup, noodles, and roasted pork that comes about because they are all homemade. The ramen (300 JPY (incl. tax)) is cheap, and although it has a light soup from the carefully simmered chicken, pork and aromatic potherbs, it has a robust taste. This ramen uses this shop’s own homemade thin curly noodles, which go extraordinarily well with the soup. At Ramen Sankichi, the ramen set (650 JPY (incl. tax)) and the ladies' set (700 JPY (incl. tax)) that can also be ordered by men are popular. This ramen shop has also been featured in foreign TV shows and guidebooks, so you might see foreign tourists eating here, too.

Ramen

Seiya is a chain ramen shop that has more than 30 branches in Tokyo and its surrounding areas. It is known for having clean shops and all its branches are always crowded with customers. The ramen (500 JPY (incl. tax)) comes in their special soup made from pork bones, chicken bones and soy sauce, giving it a strong but light taste. The flavored egg ramen (560 JPY (incl. tax)) that has more flavor thanks to the addition of a seasoned soft-boiled egg is famous for its huge, filling servings. Even the toppings put on the ramen are reasonably priced. The otsukaresama set (400 JPY (incl. tax)) comes with draft beer and ramen toppings. Drinking alcohol before eating ramen is really not a bad way to go about it. Aside from the main shop in Kyodo, Seiya has 27 branches inside Tokyo, including in Harajuku and Shimokitazawa.

Ramen

Otsumami Set