Tokushima ramen: what it is, where it is from and what a bowl costs

From

Tokushima Prefecture

Soup

rich soy-flavored pork-bone broth

Noodles

straight, medium-fine, short, soft

Also

braised pork belly and a raw egg; white, brown and yellow soups

Checked

18 October 2026, JNTO

• JNTO describes Tokushima ramen as a rich pork-bone broth with soy flavor.
• Toppings usually include pork belly braised in a sweet-savory sauce, bean sprouts, menma, scallions and a raw egg.
• Soup comes in white, brown and yellow types, linked to Komatsushima, Tokushima City and Naruto.
• The noodles are usually thin-to-medium, straight, short and soft.

The government's retail price survey records the price of a bowl of chuka soba (ramen) at ordinary shops every month in 81 cities. In August 2026 it was 700 yen in Tokushima City (capital of Tokushima), 58 of 81 from the highest. Tokyo's 23 wards were 620 yen, 73 of 81, so ramen in Tokyo is not more expensive than in most cities. This is an average of the shops in the survey, not the price at a famous shop.

The survey does not cover Tokushima, so this is the price in Tokushima's capital, Tokushima City.

Spending on eating out at ramen shops

6,551 yen a year per household in Tokushima City (2023–2025 average; 45 of 52 cities; Japan 8,752 yen)

Ramen shops

155 in Tokushima in 2016, 20.7 per 100,000 people (8 of 47; Japan 14.3)

Spending is from the household survey of two-or-more-person households in 52 large cities, so it is the city's number, not the prefecture's. Ramen shops are the 2016 Economic Census count of businesses classified as ramen shops; some ramen shops are counted with Chinese restaurants, so the real number is higher. Per-person numbers divide by the 2016 population (our calculation).

Airport

Tokushima Awaodori Airport

Into the city

30 min into Tokushima (quickest way in our airport guide)

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