Kuroiwa Ramen Honten – Traditional Ramen Noodle Shop at Tenmonkan (Kagoshima City) – popular shop among local people

I visited a popular ramen noodle shop “Kuroiwa Ramen”. Speaking of ramen noodle, many people would think about the shop!

Ramen Noodle Restaurant at Tenmonkan

I finally came here to enjoy its delicious ramen noodle of Kuroiwa Ramen! The atmosphere of restaurant is that of Showa Era, or 30-40 years before.

Usually many people will have to be in line before they eat the ramen noodle at lunch time. But I avoided the busy time and came here at 15:00. I was very lucky to find that there were only 5 guests including me!

Menu

You have to buy a ticket before you enjoy eating noodles, etc. You can choose following noodles.

Other menu : 5 pieces of “Gyoza” (chinese dumplings) is 380 yen, fried rice (680 yen).

After thinking a while, I chose “Chashu ramen” because it included more pork slices than normal one and I wanted to eat pork at that time. 

I passed a ticket of Chashu ramen to staff and waited for the arrival of ramen noodle while enjoying eating pickles of Japanese pickles of above picture. (Note: unlike other prefectures, most of Kagoshima’s ramen shops serve pickles for free of charge).

Chashu ramen

My lovely chashu noodle finally came! I curbed my appetite and took some photos before eating it.

6 slices of chashu, green onions and sprouts are on top of noodles.

I took a video of the noodle so that you can have a better understanding of the noodle.

Chashu is very soft and filled with mild soy source tastes. Soup is pork broth but not oily. I think that many people would love the noodle!

Noodle itself is typical thick noodle of Kagoshima. I found the noodle chewy and delicious!

Information of Kuroiwa Ramen

Open Hour

10:30-21:00

Access

Get off tram at Tenmonkan-dori and walk about 5 minutes.

Map