食べログラーメン EAST 百名店２０２3

The East Japan Hyakumeiten (百名店) compiles 100 of the best shops in the eastern prefectures of Japan. This stretches from Hokkaido to Nagoya and will have many ramen hunter braving the cold white north for a bowl of hot noodles. The Hyakumeiten lists also give the nod to 100 shops in Tokyo, Osaka, and West Japan. That is 400 shops, chosen by the top reviewers over at Tabelog.com.

I’ve compiled the East Japan 2023 list here for your viewing pleasure. Though the list isn’t a ranking, I put these shops in order of their overall Tabelog rating. Click the link to read more on Ramen Adventures. I’ve been to all of these shops, but am very much behind in my posting.

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

The East list is dominated by Kanto (the plains around Tokyo) with 41 shops in Kanagawa, 16 in Saitama, and 9 in Chiba. The rest of the list gives a lot of love to Nagoya and Hokkaido, and a little love to Niigata, Fukushima, Tochigi, etc. The only far-off place new to the 2023 list is Narumi Shokudo (中華蕎麦 鳴神食堂), a shop with a crazy lineup. If you go on the weekend, prepare to give up the said weekend. It’s worth it though. Speaking of far-off ramen shops . . .

Completing the East list is a fun way to travel around Japan. JR (Japan Rails) has a Tohoku Pass for 30,000 yen at the time of writing. It gives you unlimited rides on any train, bullet trains included, in the north of Japan for five days. Using this and hitting all the shops in the area would be my 5-day vacation. Throw in a couple of stays at hot springs, a few non-ramen meals, and time in nature for a proper break from the city.

Tokyo — Osaka — East Japan — West Japan