text: This restaurant seems actually run by Japanese people which is rare for a Japanese restaurant in the US It also seems to receive a good number of Japanese regulars which is always a good sign I see they are trying to be authentic in their food I lived in Japan and I can tell nnAnyway the ramen I tried I guess you just cannot make it as good as you would get in Japan It is pretty ordinary ramen stuff you could make with the material you gather from an asian market without much efforts but pricey not as meh and pricy as the ones I tried in St Marks Place in NYC though those were absolute ripoffs and were literally cupnoodles in bowls nnThe lunch sushi plate I did not try but I saw a sample display at the entrance the usual cheapie American style sushi ie a bunch of makis easy to make a bunch easier to cheat the flavor of lower quality sashimi not accidentally never ever seen served in restaurants in japan fake crab meats seriously why would any supposedly authentic japanese restaurant serve this crap Why not skip the crab anything altogether if the real thing is so expensive etcnnOK food Really not much better but certainly not worse than any other japanese or sushi restaurants in Charlotte and the prices were OK The Japanese regulars seems to frequent the place because they know it cannot get any better in Charlotte as far as Japanese cuisine goes not because the food there is as good as they would get back home So what can you do