2023年7月16日、旭山動物園にお邪魔。

GK TRIP - ASAHIKAWA 🎖️

2nd day (my bday)! 3 hours from abashiri and 1½ from sapporo. take the route 81 bus to gokokujinja and walk to the hokuchin memorial museum- but careful! they actually ask you to sign something at the desk (and it's a bit hard if you're a tourist/foreigner...) there are only a few english labels, but still! the museum was rich and full of history, still very worth just to look at the artifacts (and even more fun to see the museum have gk references for fans). they have a giftshop and the employee there was very sweet! she did her best to speak to me in broken english while i spoke to her in broken japanese HAHAHA;;; she was wearing the 7th division uniform and straight up had a tanigaki shrine (she said to me word-for-word: "genjiro-chan my love") if you buy a gk doll from there, they get a free loincloth! she sews a lot of handmade things in the shop, so be sure to check them out too! i got myself a keychain of koito's that she made herself (and i regret not buying another thing from there that she made.....) very glad to have met the heroes turned villains of gk 😳🫶

icicles in Asahikawa

旭川市二条通２０丁目左３の、うどん 太三郎で、肉きのこつけうどん、ハーフ、900-50、〆て850円也。

Pork and Mushroom dipping udon noodles at Daizaburo, Hidari San, Nijyodori Nijyuu chome, Asahikawa city, Hokkaido.

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OJT EATS | Ramenya Tenkin

Another day in Japan, another bowl of ramen. And in Hokkaido, it's also another town and another specialty type of ramen. To be specific, we were in a town called Asahikawa for a snow festival but while Sapporo is all about the miso ramen, Asahikawa is known for it's soy sauce based or shoyu ramen. We went to Ramenya Tenkin to give it a go.

Once we got in, we had a look at the menu and was pleasantly surprised by not only the different types of ramen but also the different types of sizes. We'd been snacking all day long so weren't super hungry and the options of half portions of both the gyoza and ramen were welcome.

The walls were plastered with autographs of what we could only assume were happy customers. We had no idea who they were but it was pretty impressive none the less. There were a few cute little cartoons so they were a nice way to pass the time until the food arrived.

First up was this half portion of gyoza. It came on this tiny little plate that still had enough room for a little section for soy sauce. The gyoza themselves were really well cooked with a satisfying crunch with a juicy meaty filling.

This was the miso ramen with corn and butter on the side. You might notice that the bowl has a little Doraemon on the side. That's actually because we went for the children's meal as it turned out that was the best way of getting a small version of the corn butter ramen. The broth was a miso broth and the butter melting in made it that little bit richer; super warming and full of flavour.

This was the full size shoyu ramen. The broth isn't as rich as the miso broth and was slightly saltier as well. You still had a good depth of flavour from the soy but just personal preference, I think I would still go for miso over this. The chashu was a little disappointing, especially after some other stellar examples we'd had in Japan but overall, this was still an excellent bowl of ramen and perfect for the cold weather.

While shoyu ramen might not be my favourite type of ramen (I think tonkotsu or tsukemen are still my top 2 - in no particular order), this was a really nice little meal. A hot bowl of ramen on a cold day just works and this place is definitely worth a visit if you ever find yourself in Asahikawa.

Ramenya Tenkin, 9 Chome-1704-31 4 Jodori, Asahikawa, Hokkaido 070-0034, Japan

Cheers, JL

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北海道４大ラーメンの旭川市の醤油ラーメンは、全国屈指のラーメン激戦区。旭川ラーメンの草分け的な超人気の老舗ラーメン店。「旭川らぅめん青葉 本店」は、豚骨や鶏ガラ、利尻昆布や煮干し、様々な野菜を煮込んだ出汁が旨い旭川の醤油ラーメンが人気です！

Asahikawa City's soy sauce ramen, one of Hokkaido's four major ramen, is one of the best ramen battlegrounds in Japan. A very popular long-established ramen shop that pioneered Asahikawa ramen. "Asahikawa Ramen Aoba Main Store" is popular for Asahikawa's soy sauce ramen with delicious soup made from pork bones, chicken bones, Rishiri kelp, dried sardines, and various vegetables!

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snow-covered Asahikawa suburb

AKB48【チーム8】2022年10月15日「旭川100フェス in 旭川駅前広場」