Produced in collaboration with a group of talented writers, recipe developers, and illustrators, the stories in this book run the gamut from the challenges of halal ramen and the rise of a tiny family-run noodle-making business, to meditations on searching for home in a bowl of ramen and the experience of eating ramen in space.
Volume 02 comes in two editions: a paperback with hand-drawn noodles foil-stamped in gold, and a Bradel-bound hardback with vacuum-sealed Real Instant Noodles™️ as part of the cover. Available at select stockists around the world and in our online shop.
146 pages of original features, interviews, photographs, illustrations, recipes, and reviews
Meet the legendary makers behind some of Japan’s finest ramen noodles at Kaikarou, a family-run business in the backstreets of Asakusa
Visit sleepy Mishima for Takanashi Tetsuhiro’s tangy lemon ramen… and a taste of a brewing cultural movement
Learn about the painstaking process of producing a porcelain bowl with ceramics powerhouse Maruhiro
Take a whirlwind history tour of ramen through the ages
Find out what it’s like to slurp ramen in outer space with Naoko Yamazaki, the second Japanese woman to visit space
Eavesdrop on the inner life of that girl in the ramen shop (you know, that girl)
Hear about what it takes to be a ramen tour guide with Frank Striegl of 5AM Ramen
Wander through the neon-lit streets of Tokyo in search of home in a bowl of ramen
…and more
