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Ramen is one of the most popular food specialties in Japan. It is typically a noodle dish with varied soup flavors. The main components of the Ramen would be the broth or the soup and the Chukamen or the noodles. The chukamen is made of wheat flour and an alkaline solution known as kansui. Ramen comes in very many varieties. The varieties would differ from each other in a lot of aspects. The variety of the Ramen would depend on the differences between the flavors of the soup, the texture of the noodles, the toppings included, and other ingredients incorporated.

There are four known kinds of Ramen, which are categorized by their soups. One of the most popular kinds of Ramen in Japan is the shio ramen in which the soup is flavored by salt and common spices. There is also the shoyu ramen where in the soup that soy sauce and other spices flavor. As for the tonkotsu ramen, the juices from a thoroughly boiled pork bone flavor it. It also has a distinct texture and color in its soup, as it is creamy and white. Another known kind of ramen is the miso ramen and from its name itself, the soup is flavored by miso.
With those particular kinds of ramen being said, there are certain ramen restaurants in Japan that are popular for serving those kinds of ramen mentioned earlier and other variations in ramen recipes. The Kyushu Jangara Ramen in a town called Harjuku in the city of Tokyo is popular for its different tonkotsu recipes. The most inviting thing about this particular restaurant is that diners could choose from their different excellent toppings, which add more to the variation and taste of the tonkotsu. Meanwhile, the Akanoren is known for preparing their hakata style ramen within 3 minutes. And although people might think that their ramen is not good since they may think that the preparation was rushed, then they better think again since Akanoren serves the best hakata style ramen in the country. Suzuran in Shibuya is also popular for their miso ramen but they are most known for their variations of chukamen.