1 / 4Ie-kei ramen at the originPhoto: ウィ貴公子 / CC BY-SA 4.0
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Checked against official sources · updated · Takumi Yamada
Thick pork-soy broth, spinach, nori — the style born at Yoshimuraya in 1974 now feeds all Japan. It moved in 2023 to Okano 1-6-4, about 10 minutes’ walk from Yokohama Station’s west exit. Expect a long line; say "katame" for firm noodles.
- Reachable on foot from the berth, so no timetable can strand you.
- It is not only a photo stop: one shop in 1974, thousands today — and the original now sits ten minutes from yokohama station.
- 3 hr door to door needs a 5-hour call: a 2–3 hour stop cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
Why Ie-kei ramen at the origin is famous
One shop in 1974, thousands today — and the original now sits ten minutes from Yokohama Station
Ie-kei ramen was created at Yoshimuraya in 1974: pork-bone and soy broth, thick straight noodles, spinach and nori, and a bowl you customise for richness, noodle firmness and oil. Every ie-kei shop in Japan traces to this one, and the queue outside is permanent.
A truck driver opened a ramen shop in southern Yokohama in 1974 and combined two things nobody had combined: pork-bone broth from Kyushu and soy-sauce seasoning from Tokyo. Every one of the thousands of shops that copied him puts the character for "house" in its name.
A former truck driver joins tonkotsu to shoyu
Almost all end their names with 家 — "house"
A basement rebuilt as a 1958 Tokyo street
Near the west exit
Order katame, abura ōme, futsū. Then dip the nori, wrap it round the rice, and eat that — it is the point.
Three places, three different answers
The one the queue agrees on, the one people who live here use instead, and the one nearest your ship. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.
Where ie-kei ramen was created in 1974. Since 2023 it is at Okano 1-6-4, about 10 minutes’ walk from Yokohama Station’s west exit. Hours unverified; the queue is often over an hour.
Open in Google MapsWhere locals goSugitaya杉田家A direct descendant shop with the same recipe and a fraction of the wait.
Open in Google MapsWhere the 3 hr goes
Counted from the moment you step off the gangway, about 30 minutes after the ship arrives. The hour before all-aboard is not in this bar; it is already set aside.
30 minutes each way is the measured figure for train + walk ~30 min each way, not the optimistic one. If your ship is late, cut the 2 hr in the middle. Never cut the hour at the end.
What to put beside it
Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.
4 hr for bothShumai at Kiyoken
The 1928 shumai (from a company founded in 1908) that every Japanese traveler associates with this city — the main store is at Yokohama Station, and on a port day the shop on Chinatown’s main street (10:00–20:00) is the one on foot.
See the detail 4 hr for bothAriake Harbour chestnut boats
Boat-shaped chestnut cakes that Yokohama gives when it visits anyone — soft, not-too-sweet, and boxed like jewelry.
See the detail