食べログラーメン EAST 百名店２０２２

There are many ramen ranking lists out there but none come close to Tabelog’s Top 100 aka the Hyakumeiten (百名店). This list, released around the end of the year, is curated by the top reviewers on Tabelog, an immensely popular site in Japan for reviewing restaurants. While they have awards for high-end dining, more casual stuff has been delegated to the Hyakumeiten lists. You’ll find ramen, soba, tempura, and even burgers and pizza each with its own list. For mega-popular food like ramen, 100 is too few, so the list is broken up into Tokyo, East, and West for a total of 300 shops. Click here to see the different lists:

Tokyo

West Japan

I finished the East list in April of 2023 when I used miles to book an overnighter to Sapporo for the last shop Menya Rei (麺や 麗). This was 300 out of 300 and I was finally free. I’ll never truly be free of the hundreds of new shops that open in Japan every year, but at least I conquered this list. I also have to thank my friend N for taking a road trip to Sankurage (さんくるげ) in the hills of Fukushima. Sorry I exploded your newly bought Mitsubishi Pajero!

Although the list is just a list and not a ranking, I’ve compiled them all in order of their overall Tabelog score at the time of writing. One shop broke the 4.0 rating (らぁ麺 飯田商店 with a 4.10) and a couple more came close. These are all considered top shops among most ramen hunters out there. Remember that the scores of the bottom 50 are all something like 3.74, and the numbers are constantly evolving. See you for the 2023 list!

I’ll write the writeups and update the links in due time. You can always try searching on Ramen Adventures if you want to see what I have to say about a particular shop.

1. らぁ麺 飯田商店 (Ida Shoten in Yugawara, Kanagawa)
2. 中華そば 深緑 (Fukamidori in Kawagoe, Saitama)
3. 中華蕎麦 とみ田 (Chukasoba Tomita in Matsudo, Chiba)
4. らぁ麺 すぎ本 (Sugimoto in Aobadai, Kanagawa)
5. 櫻井中華そば店 (Sakurai Chukasobaya in Kanagawa)
6. 中華そば 高野 (Takano in Yokohama, Kanagawa)
7. 日陰 (Hikage in Kawasaki, Kanagawa)
8. 自家製手もみ麺 鈴ノ木 (Suzunoki in Saitama)
9. 中華そば専門 とんちぼ (Tonchibo in Saitama) (New Entry)
10. 支那蕎麦屋 藤花 (Toka in Kanagawa)
11. 食煅 もみじ (Momiji in Saitama) (New Entry)
12. うずとかみなり (Uzu to Kaminari in Kanagawa) (New Entry)
13. 煮干中華ソバ イチカワ (Ichikawa in Tsukuba, Ibaraki)
14. 支那そばや 本店 (Shinasobaya in Kanagawa)
15. うまいヨゆうちゃんラーメン (Umaiyo Yuchan Ramen in Kanagawa)
16. Sagamihara 欅 (Sagamihara Keyaki in Kanagawa)
17. と多゛食堂 (Toda Shokudo in Saitama) (New Entry)
18. オランダ軒 (Holland House in Saitama) (New Entry)
19. 丿貫 福富町本店 (Hechikan in Yokohama, Kanagawa)
20. ラーメン 厚木家 (Atsugiya in Kanagawa)
21. 貝ガラ屋 (Kaigaraya in Fuchinobe, Kanagawa)
22. 麺処 懐や (Futokoroya in Kanagawa)
23. さんくるげ (Sankuroge in Fukushima) (New Entry)
24. 家系総本山 ラーメン 吉村家 (Yoshimuraya in Yokohama, Kanagawa)
25. 麺屋 彩未 (Saimi in Sapporo, Hokkaido)
26. 中華そば 四つ葉 (Yotsuba in Saitama)
27. らーめん 鶏喰 (TRICK in Yokohama)
28. ぜんや (Zenya in Niiza, Saitama)
29. らぁ麺 紫陽花 (Ajisai in Nagoya, Aichi)
30. 地球の中華そば (Hoshino Chukasoba in Yokohama, Kanagawa)
31. らぁめん夢 (Ramen Mu in Kanagawa)
32. 兎に角 松戸本店 (Tonikaku in Chiba)
33. 中華そば 麺や食堂 本店 (Menya Shokudo in Kanagawa)
34. 寿々喜家 (Suzukiya in Kanagawa)
35. ラーメン二郎 横浜関内店 (Ramen Jiro Kannai in Kanagawa)
36. とら食堂 (Torashokudo in Shirakawa, Fukushima)
37. らぁめん鴇 (Ramen Toki in Fujisawam Kanagawa)
38. 中華そば よしかわ 上尾店 (Yoshikawa in Saitama)
39. いち井 (Ichii in Niigata)
40. 伊達屋 (Dateya in Fukushima)
41. 麺処 有彩 (Arisa in Nishi-Kawaguchi, Saitama)
42. 中村麺三郎商店 (Nakamura Men Zaburo Shoten in Fuchinobe, Kanagawa)
43. らーめん芝浜 (Shibahama in Gunma)
44. 坂内食堂 (Bannai Shokudo in Kitakata, Fukushima)
45. ラーメン 杉田家 本店 (Sugitaya in Kanagawa)
46. 麺屋 菜々兵衛 本店 (Nanabe in Sapporo, Hokkaido)
47. さっぽろ純連 札幌店 (Junren in Sapporo, Hokkaido)
48. 仙台中華そば 銘店嘉一 国分町店 (Kaichi in Sendai, Miyagi)
49. 横浜中華そば 維新商店 本店 (Ishin Shoten in Kanagawa)
50. 豚星。(Butaboshi in Hiyoshi, Kanagawa)
51. くり山 (Kuriyama in Kanagawa)
52. 狼煙 本店 (Noroshi in Saitama)
53. 中華蕎麦 時雨 伊勢佐木長者町本店 (Shigure in Kannai, Kanagawa)
54. 寿製麺 よしかわ 川越店 (Yoshikawa in Kawagoe, Saitama)
55. らぁ麺 飛鶏 (Asuka in Nagoya)
56. とら食堂 松戸分店 (Tora Shokudo in Matsudo, Chiba)
57. 流星軒 (Ryuseitai in Kannai, Kanagawa)
58. らーめん いのうえ (Inoue in Kanagawa)
59. ラーメン専門店 徳川町 如水 (Josui in Nagoya)
60. 麺屋 ようすけ (Yosuke in Sano, Tochigi)
61. ラーメン 杉田家 千葉祐光店 (Sugitaya in Kanagawa)
62. Japanese Ramen Noodle Lab Q in Sapporo, Hokkaido
63. ZUND-BAR in Atsugi, Kanagawa
64. 青竹手打ラーメン 日向屋 (Hinataya in Tochigi)
65. ラーメン 末廣家 (Suehiroya in Yokohama, Kanagawa)
66. 頑者 本店 (Ganja in Kawagoe, Saitama)
67. 家系ラーメン とらきち家 (Torakichiya in Kanagawa)
68. 麺屋 高橋 (Takahashi in Sapporo, Hokkaido)
69. MEN-EIJI HIRAGISHI BASE in Sapporo, Hokkaido
70. らぁ麺や 汐そば雫 (Shizuku in Nagoya)
71. 和風楽麺 四代目 ひのでや (Hinodeya in Saitama)
72. つけめん 玉 (Gyoku in Kawasaki, Kanagawa)
73. ラーメン星印 (Hoshijirushi in Yokohama, Kanagawa)
74. らーめん佳 (Yoshi in Sapporo, Hokkaido)
75. らーめん森や。(Moriya in Kanagawa)
76. 啜磨専科 (Susurimasen in Kamioka, Kanagawa)
77. 煮干乱舞 (Niboshi Ranbu in Saitama)
78. 味処 むさし野 (Musashino in Matsudo, Chiba)
79. 濃麺 海月 (Kurage in Chiba)
80. 麺家 獅子丸 (Shishimaru in Nagoya)
81. ラーメン 環2家 (Kanniya in Shimonagaya, Kanagawa)
82. 杭州飯店 (Koshu Hanten in Niigata)
83. 次念序 (Jinenjo in Saitama)
84. 麺や 麗 (Menya Rei in Chirose, Hokkaido)
85. ラーメン二郎 中山駅前店 (Ramen Jiro Nakayama-Ekimae in Kanagawa)
86. はりけんラーメン 本店 (Hariken in Ibaraki Prefecture)
87. 喜元門 研究学園店 (Kigenmon in Tsukuba, Ibaraki)
88. らーめん奏 (Kanade in Nagoya, Aichi)
89. ラーメン 木曜日 (Ramen Mokuyobi in Sapporo, Hokkaido)
90. らーめんNageyari (Nageyari in Gifu)
91. らぁ麺 めん奏心 (Men Soshin in Gunma)
92. 自家製麺 うろた (Urota Homemade Noodles in Fukushima)
93. りきどう (Rikido in Gifu) (New Entry)
94. 中華ソバ 篤々
95. 中華蕎麦うゑず (Uwezu in Yamanashi) (New Entry)
96. 中華そば 笑歩 (Efu in Kanagawa)
97. なるとや (Narutoya in Nagoya, Aichi)
98. らー麺 ​厚木 本丸亭 (Honmarutei in Hon-Atsugi, Kanagawa)
99. いそのかづお (Isono Kazuo in Sapporo, Hokkaido) (New Entry)
100. 中華そば処 琴平荘 (Konpiraso in Yamagata)

For someone living in Tokyo, the East list is not the hardest thing to finish if you have the time. Kanagawa has 41 shops, Saitama 16, and Chiba 7. Again, If I had to make a list I would group these areas with Tokyo and give the countryside some ramen love. There are a few out-of-the-way ramen shops to hit, but with a little dedication and a Tohoku JR Pass, it won’t be hard.