Ōkubo Park — Attraction in Tokyo

We found out about a ramen fest near Shinjuku at Okubo Park from TV for the month of October. Each week featuring a different batch of stores. It seems this area often hosts festivals.

A short 3min walk from Seibu Shinjuku station, it was really easy to find. Despite the poor weather when we went, we were able to try out 3 different dishes from across Japan. A miso-ebi/prawn based ramen (soup noodle) from Aichi, a truffle infused tsukemen (dipping noodles) from Tochigi, and a beef tendon mazesoba (dry noodles) from Yamanashi which were all pretty unique and tasty.

Imagine that this festival will be packed during weekends and when the weather is nicer.

It's 900 yen per dish and with the option to add extra. Unfortunately the portions are smaller so it's expensive for what it is, but still a pretty unique opportunity to try ramen dishes from all over Japan and Tokyo which we...

the now very well known okubo park 大久保公園 is actually located in kabukicho 歌舞伎町, shinjuku tokyo， and within walking distance from shin okubo station on the JR yamanote line 山手线, it has its own attraction by itself as a public park, as it is often used for hosting interesting or exciting events including concerts, performaces and food festival and celebrations, however, now it also attracts people and tourists who like to come for possibly a brief 'romance' or just being curious, as there are more young girls standing here and there or hanging around waiting or looking for 'friends', a note of caution, sometimes some of those girls may not be genuine japanese but are tourists or other nationalities on short term or work visa who just come here to earn a fast buck or some may even be the...

Today, they hosted a Roman fair at this park and it was very good. It was full of many ramen shops and they were all at a pretty reasonable price. There was a very large and open area for you to eat. Ramen under a tent and the staff were all extremely friendly and very welcoming and would guide you throughout the experience. The whole experience was very smooth and I had a great time with my family there. I definitely recommend that you go there even if you do not speak any Japanese because they are all extremely nice and very welcoming...