百名店 東日本

Do you want to try the best of the best Japanese ramen? Of course, you do! What better way than with a ranking? Maybe a simple Top 3 is all you need. You can go with the classic Top 10. The 50 Best is a popular number these days. Then you have 100. 百 (pronounced hyaku in Japanese) was chosen for Tabelog’s ambitious 百名店 (hyakumeiten or 100 famous shops) project. Genres of casual grub across the country are given Top 100 lists. Ramen, one of Japan’s most beloved casual cuisines, has its own top 100 list for different regions of Japan.

Here are the top 100 ramen shops in East Japan for 2024. This is Nagoya to Aomori essentially. For your convenience, they are listed in order of general ranking. Keep in mind that these lists cover six regions. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka, East Japan, West Japan, and Hokkaido each have their own page. Happy hunting!

1. 中華蕎麦 とみ田 (Chukasoba Tomita in Matsudo, Chiba)
2. 中華そば 深緑 (Fukamidori in Kawagoe, Saitama)
3. オランダ軒 (Holland House in Saitama)
4. 自家製手もみ麺 鈴ノ木 (Suzunoki in Saitama)
5. 煮干中華ソバ イチカワ (Ichikawa in Tsukuba, Ibaraki)
6. らーめん かねかつ (Kanekatsu in Saitama)
7. 麦の空 GACHI SOBA DOJO in Nagoya (New Entry)
8. らぁ麺 紫陽花 (Ajisai in Nagoya, Aichi)
9. 食煅 もみじ (Momiji in Saitama)
10. 中華そば 四つ葉 (Yotsuba in Saitama)
11. ヨコクラストアハウス (Yokokura Storehouse in Tochigi) (New Entry)
12. 小麦そば 池 (Ike in Matsumoto, Nagano) (New Entry)
13. 支那ソバ　小むろ (Komuro in Gyotoku, Chiba)
14. つけソバ いしい (Ishii in Konodai, Chiba) (New Entry)
15. らぁ麺 麦一粒 (Mugiichiryu in Ikeda, Nagano) (New Entry)
16. らぁ麺 飛鶏 (Asuka in Nagoya)
17. ぜんや (Zenya in Niiza, Saitama)
18. 兎に角 松戸本店 (Tonikaku in Chiba)
19. ラーメン 杉田家 千葉祐光店 (Sugitaya in Chiba)
20. とら食堂 (Torashokudo in Shirakawa, Fukushima)
21. 豚骨醤油ラーメン 王道家 柏店 (Odoya in Kashiwa, Chiba)
22. 中華そば よしかわ 上尾店 (Yoshikawa in Saitama)
23. 麺処 有彩 (Arisa in Nishi-Kawaguchi, Saitama)
24. とら食堂 松戸分店 (Tora Shokudo in Matsudo, Chiba)
25. らーめん芝浜 (Shibahama in Gunma)
26. 中華そば専門 とんちぼ (Tonchibo in Saitama)
27. 坂内食堂 (Bannai Shokudo in Kitakata, Fukushima)
28. 麺家 獅子丸 (Shishimaru in Nagoya)
29. 青竹手打ラーメン 日向屋 (Hinataya in Tochigi)
30. 寿製麺 よしかわ 川越店 (Yoshikawa in Kawagoe, Saitama)
31. 頑者 本店 (Ganja in Kawagoe, Saitama)
32. 次念序 (Jinenjo in Saitama)
33. 和風楽麺 四代目 ひのでや (Hinodeya in Saitama)
34. らぁ麺や 汐そば雫 (Shizuku in Nagoya)
35. 伊達屋 (Dateya in Fukushima)
36. 煮干乱舞 (Niboshi Ranbu in Saitama)
37. 中華ソバ 篤々 (TOKU-TOKU in Katsutadai, Chiba)
38. 麺屋 ようすけ (Yosuke in Sano, Tochigi)
39. ラーメン専門店 徳川町 如水 (Josui in Nagoya)
40. 仙台中華そば 銘店嘉一 国分町店 (Kaichi in Sendai, Miyagi)
41. らーめん奏 (Kanade in Nagoya, Aichi)
42. りきどう (Rikido in Gifu)
43. らぁ麺 めん奏心 (Men Soshin in Gunma)
44. 麺処 はら田 (Harada in Minami-Urawa, Saitama) (New Entry)
45. 味処 むさし野 (Musashino in Matsudo, Chiba)
46. 杭州飯店 (Koshu Hanten in Niigata)
47. はりけんラーメン 本店 (Hariken in Ibaraki Prefecture)
48. いち井 (Ichii in Niigata)
49. 中華蕎麦 生る (Naru in Nagoya, Aichi) (New Entry)
50. 自家製麺 うろた (Urota Homemade Noodles in Fukushima)
51. らーめんNageyari in Gifu
52. 中華蕎麦うゑず (Uwezu in Yamanashi)
53. 濃麺 海月 (Kurage in Chiba)
54. 自家製麺 くろ松 (Kuromatsu in Takasaki, Gunma) (New Entry)
55. えびそば 緋彩 (Ebisoba Hiiro in Nagoya, Aichi) (New Entry)
56. Noodle&Spice Curry 今日の1番 (Kyonoichiban in Kawaguchi, Saitama)
57. 麺屋さくら (Menya Sakura in Handa, Aichi)
58. 松戸中華そば 富田食堂 (Tomita Shokudo in Matsudo, Chiba) (New Entry)
59. なるとや (Narutoya in Nagoya, Aichi)
60. さんくるげ (Sankuroge in Fukushima)
61. 狼煙 本店 (Noroshi in Saitama)
62. ラーメンショップ 牛久結束店 (Ramen Shop in Ibaraki) (New Entry)
63. 湯河原 飯田商店 ららぽーと沼津店 (Iidashoten in Numazu, Shizuoka) (New Entry)
64. 酒楽亭 空庵 (Shurakutei Kuan in Nagoya, Aichi) (New Entry)
65. 手揉み中華そば 中村 (Nakamura in Saitama) (New Entry)
66. 麦の道 すぐれ (Sugure in Ichinomiya, Aichi) (New Entry)
67. とものもと (Tomonomoto in Funabashi, Chiba) (New Entry)
68. 手打 焔 (Homura in Tochigi) (New Entry)
69. 麺道 麒麟児 (Kirinji in Nagano)
70. らぁめん 喜乃壺 (Kinoko in Tsukuba, Ibaraki)
71. The Noodles & Saloon Kiriya in Chiba
72. ユナイテッド ヌードル アメノオト (Amenooto in Sano, Tochigi) (New Entry)
73. 中華蕎麦 鳴神食堂 (Narukami Shokudo in Takasaki, Gunma)
74. ラーメン濱野家 (Hamanoya in Chiba) (New Entry)
75. 中華蕎麦 柳 (Yanagi in Chiba) (New Entry)
76. 赤坂味一 (Akasaka Ajiichi in Chiba) (New Entry)
77. らーめん大金 (Ogane in Sano, Tochigi)
78. 中華そば 幻六 (Genroku in Asaka, Saitama) (New Entry)
79. 麺家 喜多楽 (Kitara in Nagoya, Aichi)
80. らーめん カッパハウス (Kappa House in Tokorozawa, Saitama) (New Entry)
81. 中華そば ひらこ屋 (Hirakoya in Aomori) (New Entry)
82. 食堂 はせ川 (Hasegawa in Kitakata, Fukushima)
83. 中華そば まるき (Maruki in Chiba) (New Entry)
84. 柳麺 呉田 (Goden in Kitaurawa, Saitama) (New Entry)
85. Handicraft Works in Saitama (New Entry)
86. 麺処 にし尾 (Nishio in Kashiwa, Chiba) (New Entry)
87. ラーメン二郎 京成大久保店 (Ramen Jiro in Keisei Okubo, Chiba) (New Entry)
88. だし・麺 未蕾 (Mirai in Aichi) (New Entry)
89. 喜一 (Kiichi in Kitakata, Fukushima) (New Entry)
90. 自家製麺 公園前 (Koenmae in Aichi) (New Entry)
91. ラーメン二郎 大宮公園駅前店 (Ramen Jiro Omiyakoen in Saitama) (New Entry)
92. 麺 㐂色 (Kiiro in Gifu) (New Entry)
93. だし廊 (Dashiro in Sendai, Miyagi) (New Entry)
94. みずさわ屋 (Mizusawaya in Sendai, Miyagi) (New Entry)
95. 中華蕎麦 瑞山 (Zuisan in Saitama) (New Entry)
96. ケンチャンラーメン (Kenchan Ramen in Yamagata) (New Entry)
97. 麺屋 桐龍 (Kiryu in Saitama)
98. ラーメン二郎 松戸駅前店 (Ramen Jiro Matsudo Ekimae in Chiba)
99. 春木屋 郡山分店 (Harukiya in Koriyama)
100. 麺屋 一八 (Ippachi in Aichi)

The Hyakumeiten lists can be found on Tabelog.com here.

By my count, I have been to 67 of these 100 before. I guess I’ll be hanging out on the East Side of Japan a lot this year! My favorite lists have always been the East Japan and West Japan ones. Get out of your comfort zone and explore the country! Sure, most are in Japan’s bigger cities, but did you have Yamagata, Ibaraki, and Aomori in your travel plans? Now you do!

I think an ideal best compilation would be 100 in Kanto (Tokyo and its surrounding prefectures), 100 in Kansai (Osaka and its surrounding prefectures), and 100 in the wilds of Japan. City folk could be content, Osaka folk wouldn’t feel like the are in Tokyo’s shadow for once in their lives, and those with a penchant for adventure could head into the wilds.

Please check the latest list on my Best-of-the-Best page!