Enraku, Hakodate Shio-ramen Specialty Restaurant

Located across Hakodate's popular tourist spot Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse, Hakodate Shio Ramen Specialty Restaurant Enraku is a popular ramen shop where you can get a taste of Hakodate Shio Ramen (salt-based ramen) that has been loved by the locals since old times. The restaurant is committed to using local ingredients and uses only produce from Hokkaido for making everything from the noodles, to the soup, the scallion for toppings and the rice. It uses plenty of harvests from the mountains and produce from the ocean of Hokkaido and the soup that is so fresh you can drink every last bit of it and does in fact taste like the authentic Hakodate Shio Ramen!

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Committed to Local Ingredients

The ramen at Enraku is made with great commitment to use local ingredients such as the noodles made with 100% wheat from Hokkaido and its soup using plenty of harvest from the mountains and ocean of Hokkaido like the local chicken from Nakasatsunai, kelp from Minamikayabe and scallops from Morimachi.

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Original Hakodate Shio Ramen

The number one recommendation by the store on its menu is the Enraku Shio Ramen (870 yen). It is the traditional taste of Hakodate Shio Ramen with a fresh soup filled with intense flavors and firm straight noodles. You can choose the size according to your preference, from normal, large, half or mini so you can even combine and compare with other dishes!

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Shio Yakisoba by Shio Ramen Specialty Store

Although this is a shio ramen specialty store, there is also a selection of items like miso ramen, shoyu (soy sauce) ramen and rice dishes, in limited numbers. The most recommended within those is the Hakodate Gagome Shio Yakisoba (stir fried noodles) (700 yen). This yakisoba is a local delicacy of Hakodate using a rare species of kelp called Gagome konbu from the coast of Hakodate and salted squid.