Kushiro ramen refers to ramen noodles that can be eaten in Kushiro City in Hokkaido Prefecture.
The dish is characteristic of the city’s fishing industry, and features fast-boiling thin, wavy noodles which mean that the ramen can be served very quickly after ordering.
It is said that this originated in order to serve a warm bowl of noodles to fishermen coming into port after work as quickly as possible.
Once the dish used only tonkotsu (pork bone) broth, however there are now a soups with a range of flavors including chicken stock.
Within the many flavors now available, Hirogin in Suehiro-cho is one restaurant famous for serving traditional Kushiro ramen.
Sapporo, Hakodate and Asahikawa are known as Hokkaido’s 3 famous types of ramen, but the local tourism office is working to have Kushiro ramen included to make it 4.
