Raman noodle shops from around Hokkaido have come to the Sapporo Station area | J-TRIP Smart Magazine
Raman was introduced to Hokkaido (北海道), Japan in 1923 and has continued to evolve since then. Depending on the region of Hokkaido, the most popular ramen is one of these three. In Sapporo it’s miso ramen. In Asahikawa it is soy sauce ramen. In Hakodate, it is salty ramen. In the past you would have to travel across Hokkaido to eat all three of these popular ramens. But now thanks to one man’s passion for ramen you can get all three types in one location.
Sapporo Ramen Kyowakpku is connected to the Sapporo station. When you enter it is like stepping back in time to the Showa era. It is like a town from1945. It is definitely the place to be if you love to eat ramen.
Mr Numata (沼田さん) started Sapporo Ramen Kyowakpku in Sapporo-11 years ago. Since the then the number of visitors has risen every year! What is the secret of its popularity?
Mr Numata says the main reason is that the ramen culture is rooted in Hokkaido. Hokkaido ramen is loved by locals as well as tourists. The second reason is that Mr Numata is always finding the best ramen shops to be part of Sapporo Ramen Kyowakpku He switches out shops on a regular basis. The third is the customer service. Good customer service affects the dining experience. So every day, in the morning he reviews with the staff how to conduct themselves.
It has won the Asahikawa ramen competition and now has shops across the country, and become a popular restaurant in Asia.
We recommended their “special soy sauce Ramen” (830 yen). At first glance, looks like a typical miso ramen, but its pork and seafood soup is exceptional!
Their Noodles are the typical fine curly noodles of Asahikawa. They are both crunchy but go down smooth. They are made with a distinctive thick menba bamboo and barbecued pork. In addition, the soup contains a fish powder that gives it a taste like soy sauce and fish. It is like having two ramens in one!
Their specialty is the classic “salty noodle ramen” (780 yen). It is served in a beautiful, clear soup, topped with Mizuna greens This rich soup is chicken based with seafood, seaweed, and pork based added. The soup is so good you will want to gulp it down!
The straight thin noodles and light soup go well together. You can taste the freshness! This lightly salt ramen is a favorite of people suffering from a hangover!
The secret of its delicious taste is their special blend of miso soup, baked pork, pigs feet and vegetables. Their secret ingredient is seaweed which hides the pork smell but leaves the delicious flavor.
They use Sapporo miso noodles that are curly and fat. They go well with the strong soup. This delicious pork melts in your mouth.
One of the Director’s favorite ramen shops is Misono of Sapporo. He appreciates that the shopkeeper was trained at Tokyo’s famous “Keisuke shinnosuke”
As the name suggests, instead of fried pork they use marinated grilled pork piled high with the ramen noodles. The soup and marinated pork have a spicy hot taste.
In addition to the pork this ramen is flavored with extra eggs. In addition to its Sapporo Ramen Kyowakpku shop Misono has 8 other stores in the area of Otaru and South Hokkaido
With its convenient location connected to the Sapporo station there is time to have ramen on your way out and on your return trip.
With its great access you don’t have to leave the station area to try the most popular ramen dishes from all around Hokkaido	
All the shops are staffed with workers of the highest standard so when you come to visit you will be treated very well.	
Next to Sapporo Ramen Kyowakpku there is a souvenir shop where you can buy all the different types of ramen. You can give the ramen noodles as gifts or cook them for yourself at home.
Sports nerds are of two kinds. One group knows every statistical detail about their team. The other knows about sports that most people have never heard of. I’m in the latter group, and here’s my top nine list.
Shin-kicking. The 17th century sport, also known as “hacking” and “purring,” was part of the Cotswold Olimpicks, celebrated in England and first held in 1612, as one of the precursors of the modern Olympic Games. The sport depends, as the name suggests, on two people kicking each other’s shins until a winning score is achieved, as decided by the “stickler” or umpire.
Kabaddi. One of the simplest of all sports. It requires no special equipment, just an open space, a straight line and two teams who cross into the other team’s territory and try to tag their opponents without being captured. Hugely popular in the Indian subcontinent, it was demonstrated at the 1936 Olympics, but never again. The men’s sport has had its own World Cup since 2004 (always won by India).
Dwile-flonking. A classic British pub sport in which no one ever really knows the rules and no one remembers the score. But it has something to do with two teams, one trying to avoid being hit with the dwile, a beer-soaked cloth.
Bubble football (or, in the United States, Bubble soccer) aka Zorball. Imagine playing soccer while inside a giant bubble from above your head to your waist, so you can run into people without risk of injury. A brand-new sport for an injury-conscious age.
Octopush. Underwater hockey played with sticks, a puck , two goals and snorkel masks. Not to be confused with water polo, which depends on finding horses that can swim well.
Real tennis aka Royal tennis aka Jeu de paume. The kind of tennis played by Henry VIII, referred to by Shakespeare and still played in a few places. A real tennis court is an architectural marvel, with sloping penthouses off which the ball can be bounced, a buttress intruding into the playing space and an asymmetrical floor. The oldest surviving court in England is at Hampton Court Palace outside London and dates to 1620.
Pelota aka jai alai. Reputedly the world’s fastest ballgame, played in the Basque country in Spain, this sport is rather like a version of squash but with curved baskets (called xistera) attached to the arm. The United States has yet to win a gold medal at the World Championships.
Fives. Squash without a racquet but using a glove. Multiple variants, each named after the English public (i.e., private) school where it originated: Eton Fives, Rugby Fives, Winchester Fives.
— Peter Holland is the McMeel Family Chair in Shakespeare Studies and associate dean for the arts at Notre Dame.