Koryu Ramen — Restaurant in Sagamihara

As my fellow reviewers have observed, Koryu Ramen is indeed a gem in an unlikely location. It features Hakodate style ramen, which has a salt based broth and has lots of vegetables. I visited on a Thursday for lunch, and was the only customer for the entire time.

The interior is rather like an old house occupied by someone who has been a bachelor for many years. There are papers and personal items occupying much of the customer seating area. There are also clippings of magazine articles featuring the restaurant, and even a stuffed raccoon at the entrance. If you want to experience a taste of authentic Japan, you will find it here.

The proprietor himself comes from Hokkaido, where he worked in the boiler room of a factory until his retirement at age 50. He then moved to this location, where he has been operating the shop for 31 years as of this writing. If you can speak Japanese, he has...

I am on cycling trip and onsen here. Passed by this lovely local ramen and poped in after 2 pm. It supposed to close but the uncle owner kindly allow us in. Had a wonderful home-made ramen each, one was shou-yu and another one was mi-so. The soup and noodles are different, but both were excellent, and very big portion. We paid 1,560¥ for two most wonderful. I recommend to stop by here to meet with the lovely uncle owner and super-chef! I will...

An awesome small ramen shop, which lies next to the end of arashiyama course. It is a one man run shop. But the owner earnestly puts in a lot of effort to make the perfect hakodate ramen( salt broth). The owner is very friendly and loves to connect with the customers. Would recommend it to...