VISIT Jpan and Eat Tsukamen,...

Tsukemen (dipping ramen) has become popular these days. The most famous ramen/tsukemen shops are having a "Big Tsukemen Fair" in Hibiya Patio (an event place) in Chiyoda District, Tokyo.

endenva, a Korean blogger who is living in Japan, went to this event by himand wrote, "Tsukemen in Japan has a very 'mature' style. Then this time, the event "Big Tsukemen Fair" is where famous ramen shops in Japan will be competing with each other."

The blogger went on, "On the day of the fair, everyone had to wait in line for at least 30 minutes to one hour just to eat ramen. Not being affected by the tsukemen boom in Japan, this tsukemen fair has introduced 24 new tsukemen flavors. In order to come up with new flavors, the creators have had to work hard everyday."

sailor3, another Korean blogger, was asked which ramen shop she would recommend to Koreans who have lived in Japan for a long time. Her answer is Bakudan-ya head shop in Hiroshima.

She said, "For people who want to eat super spicy food that is not kimchi only, they would love this place. This is the place that Tohoshinki has previously introduced on TV. The spiciness level will be adjusted to your taste. A normal Japanese would eat level 2 of spiciness, and people who can't handle spicy food would go with level 1. A normal Korean peson would go with level 10, but Tohoshinki went with level 20."

T/N: Tohoshinki introduced this ramen shop on the show TBS Hanamaru Cafe on 3/24/09:

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(start from 3:35, credit: redberry951)

I was browsing Japanese blogs and found this poster of the boys at the ramen shop:


The shop also thanks the boys on their website:

Here, have your favorite tsukemen and fukemen:

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(credit: romancecedric)

Website for the "Big Tsukemen Fair": http://www.gomaga.jp/tsukemen
Website for Bakudan-ya: http://www.bakudanya.net

Source: searchchina
Translation: linhkawaii @ OneTVXQ.com
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