🫶👹This place will have you yearning for this ramen for all eternity!👹🫶

I stumbled upon this ramen restaurant while going for a stroll the second day I arrived in Japan. Little did I know this would set the tone for the rest of my 3 month trip.

The vibe is ceremonial with tribal drumming, kanabō weapons and fanged and horned creatures all around you. I’ve made it up in my mind that this theme represents a curse you’ll get when:

1. you’ll never have ramen this good again and every bowl of ramen you have thereafter will never live up to THIS bowl of ramen.
2. you’ll continue to crave it but won’t have access to it.

Needless to say I found it before the New Year’s holiday closure and it was hell waiting until it reopened so I could get back in there. Like a complete and utter babbling loser an American heard me talking about Kikanbo and he chimes in saying he’s been thinking about it since his trip 4 years ago and it was the very first place he went to off the plane haha! I’m not kidding when I say this stuff is next level.

I took a picture of the machine so you can peruse it at your own leisure vs the real life pressure of a growing lineup behind you making you nervous and sweaty. (You’re welcome).

On a serious note I’d say the medium spice level will satisfy most westerners (it’s slightly above the happy threshold). You can go all out and challenge yourself with this unimaginable level they offer up here too. The dare devils I witnessed going for it managed to eat the whole bowl. Uncomfortably but did it nonetheless. You don’t win anything to the best of my knowledge.

My best tips are to look up the opening hours and ensure you’re there 30-40 minutes before it even opens. The machine will likely have been put back out front at that time and you’ll be able to get your order in the queue. Next, if choosing between a ‘little bit of pork’ or ‘maybe some more pork’, ALWAYS go with more. Be warned that every bowl of ramen you eat after this will taste like slop in comparison.