The thick noodles and the rich soup stock of pork and chicken satisfy ramen (noodle soup) connoisseurs across the nation. It has always been one of the most popular ramen shops. There is a branch in Tokyo as well.
11-9KI Bldg. 1F, Hanabata-cho, Kumamoto-shi / 096-325-9609
This restaurant serves fresh seafood from the Ariake Sea and the Sea of Genkai. It also serves Kumamoto specialties such as slices of raw horse meat and lotus root in mustard sauce.
Ginnan-dori, Hanabata-cho, Kumamoto-shi / 096-356-7788
A gourmet coffee store. Along the entrance of the store line many kinds of coffee beans to be sold by weight, giving out a nice aroma. Highly recommended are the store's own roasted beans.
10-7 Kamitori-machi, Kumamoto-shi / 096-325-6700
A tea salon established in the early Meiji era (1868 - 1912). Yomogi plants are mixed in mochi (rice cake) and wrapped around sweet beans. This is the basic recipe of their special Kusaha Mochi which still carries the flavor of the past. The tea salon also serves zenzai (boiled sweet beans) and amazake (sweet sake).
13-16 Minami-sendanbata-machi, Kumamoto-shi / 096-359-0788
