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Top Ramen for Gundam Fans

By Michael Kanert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jntsSovszKc

YouTuber rrobbert184 spends most of his time making Gundam models, but once in a while he does get out to eat. On a train tour through 46 of Japan’s 47 prefectures, he identified what he declared the best ramen in Japan: Tontoro in Kagoshima, way down at the bottom of Kyushu.

Users on TripAdvisor—and our friends at Ramen Adventures—don’t seem to agree, so we may have to take his assessment with a grain of salty pork. But when they have the inevitable robot battle to decide the winner, rrobbert1084 could just have the edge.

- www.ramenadventures.com

Michael Kanert

In Japan since 2001, I'm a former ALT trainer who's lived in Shizuoka, Saitama and Tokyo, and visited 34 of Japan's 47 prefectures (13 to go!). When I can get out from behind the editorial desk, I take photos, do bits of theater and practice German longsword.

www.thekanert.com