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About this place
If you are looking for an easygoing ramen stop for an everyday meal, Kourakuen is a straightforward choice with affordable prices and an extensive selection. The signature chuka soba soy-sauce ramen starts at an accessible 490 yen, making it easy to drop in for seabura pork back-fat chuka soba, scallion ramen, or dipping tsukemen depending on your mood. For those craving plenty of greens, the miso yasai tanmen is another popular order, loaded with a generous heap of crisp stir-fried vegetables.
Much of the appeal here lies in the broad range of set options you can tack onto your noodles. Starting with a gyoza set for an extra 200 yen, you can easily tailor your order to your appetite with fried rice, chashu pork rice bowls, or Japanese curry rice. Even the shio tonkotsu pork-bone ramen—featuring a milky broth topped with 5 slices of chashu—can be bundled into gyoza or fried rice combos for a thoroughly satisfying meal.
The dining area includes counter seating well-suited to solo guests, along with booth and table seating convenient for families and groups. With high chairs and dedicated kids' options—such as a children's ramen set that comes with snack treats and a capsule-toy token—it is an accommodating space across generations. A spacious free car park on the premises makes driving over convenient, and long continuous hours running from 10:00 on weekdays and 9:00 on weekends until 0:00 late at night make it a dependable stop at almost any hour.
