Ramen crawl: 3 shops, 3 schools of broth
Choose from 3 available options
Ramen crawl: 3 shops, 3 schools of broth
- ⏱ Duration: 2.5 hours
- 👥 Group size: 2–6 guests
- 📍 Stops: Tokyo Ramen Street
- 🚌 Meeting point: 5:30 PM — Shinjuku Station North Exit
Ramen crawl: 3 shops, 3 schools of broth + Tokyo Station Marunouchi facade
- ⏱ Duration: 4 hours
- 👥 Group size: 2–6 guests
- 📍 Stops: Tokyo Ramen Street · Tokyo Station Marunouchi facade
- 🚌 Meeting point: 5:30 PM — Shinjuku Station North Exit
Ramen crawl: 3 shops, 3 schools of broth by private Alphard
- ⏱ Duration: 4.5 hours
- 👥 Group size: 2–6 guests
- 📍 Stops: Tokyo Ramen Street · Tokyo Station Marunouchi facade
- 🚌 Meeting point: Private Alphard option: pick-up and drop-off at your hotel, door to door.
- Location
- 📍 Tokyo
- Duration
- ⏱ Ramen crawl: 3 shops, 3 schools of broth: 2.5 hours · Ramen crawl: 3 shops, 3 schools of broth + Tokyo Station Marunouchi facade: 4 hours · Ramen crawl: 3 shops, 3 schools of broth by private Alphard: 4.5 hours
- Group size
- 👥 2–6 guests
- Guide language
- 🗣 English
- Tour type
- 👥 Small group
- Getting around
- 🚶 2–3 km walking, some steps
About this experience
Clear shoyu, rich tonkotsu, deep miso — a tasting-size bowl at each shop covers three broth schools in one evening, with the stories behind Tokyo's 40-minute ramen queues.
Tokyo has more than four thousand ramen shops, which is exactly the problem: internet rankings send you to three forty-minute queues and you still can't explain why one bowl differs from the next. Ramen isn't one dish — it's three broth schools that have been arguing for sixty years.
Tonight covers all three. Shoyu — clear, soy-based, the oldest Tokyo style, so restrained that first-timers often mistake it for plain. Tonkotsu — pork bone boiled until the broth turns milky, fat clinging to your lips, a Kyushu import. And miso — thick, salty, warming, born in cold Hokkaido. Each shop serves a tasting-size bowl rather than a full one, so the third is still a pleasure. Between them comes the part you can't teach yourself: reading the ticket machine at the door, choosing noodle firmness, and why slurping is good manners here.
All three shops are places your guide actually eats — not a copied listicle. That means they may not be famous, but none of them will cost you forty minutes in line for an average bowl.
✨ Highlights
- ◆Three broth schools in one evening — shoyu, tonkotsu, miso
- ◆Tasting-size bowls so you finish all three shops
- ◆Shops the guide actually eats at, not an internet list
- ◆Master the ticket machine and proper slurping
✓ What you get
- ✓Ramen-obsessed guide
- ✓3 tasting bowls
- ✓One drink
✕ Not included
- ✕Full-size bowls if you want more
- ✕Alcoholic drinks (can order separately)
- ✕Transport after the tour
🗺 Itinerary
- 📍Meeting point & time5:30 PM — Shinjuku Station North Exit
- 17:30Meet + the 3-broth map
- 17:45Shop 1: old-Tokyo clear shoyu
- 18:35Shop 2: rich tonkotsu
- 19:25Shop 3: deep Sapporo-style miso
- 20:00Compare notes & wrap
🚌 Tokyo
5:30 PM — Shinjuku Station North Exit
🚐 Private Alphard option: pick-up and drop-off at your hotel, door to door.
- · Ramen crawl: 3 shops, 3 schools of broth — 2.5 hours
- · Ramen crawl: 3 shops, 3 schools of broth + Tokyo Station Marunouchi facade — 4 hours
- · Ramen crawl: 3 shops, 3 schools of broth by private Alphard — 4.5 hours
🏁 Where it ends
The tour ends with the last item on the itinerary: Compare notes & wrap.
🚐 Private Alphard option: the car drops you off at your hotel.
🕒 Cancellation policy
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time. Later cancellations and no-shows are charged in full.
✅ How confirmation works
Booking is NOT instantly confirmed. After you send it we check guide availability for that exact date and time, then reply — usually within 24 hours. If you chose to pay on site, nothing is charged before confirmation; if you paid online and we cannot confirm, you are refunded in full.
💳 Payment
Secure online payment via Stripe: card, Apple Pay, PayPay or Konbini, depending on what is available at checkout. Or pay on the spot when you meet your guide — choose in the booking box.
🍶 Alcohol
Alcohol is served only to guests aged 20 or over, per Japanese law.
🥗 Dietary information
Tell us about allergies or dietary needs BEFORE the day. Food is prepared by independent shops, so OlaChill and your guide CANNOT guarantee an allergen-free kitchen — many stalls share fryers and share a griddle. Whether vegetarian, halal or gluten-free can be served depends on the tour and the shop; where we aren't certain, we say we aren't certain.
👤 Who this is for
For ramen lovers and first-timers who want to get the 40-minute-queue thing. Pork-free? Tell us — the tonkotsu stop swaps to a chicken-broth shop.
📌 Good to know
- •Shops are tiny; groups often split across seats — the guide arranges it
- •Ramen shops take no reservations — itinerary times flex with the queues
❓ Frequently asked questions
Pork-free options?▾
Yes — tell us at booking and the tonkotsu stop becomes a chicken or fish broth shop. Still three schools of flavor.
Kids welcome?▾
From ~8 up, as long as counter seats work. Tasting bowls suit kids well.
What if I get too full?▾
Three tasting bowls ≈ one and a half normal bowls. Leaving some is fine — no offense taken.
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