How Much Is a Bowl at Japan’s Big Ramen Chains? 24 Chains
How much is a bowl at Japan's big ramen chains? 11 of the 24 chains we checked print a bowl price on their own sites: the median is 869 yen, and 2 charge more than 1,000 yen. That is 249 yen more than the government's average for Tokyo's 23 wards (620 yen, August 2026). Ichiran and 10 other chains give no price online (checked 17 and 18 October 2026).
The median uses only the 11 chains whose sites print the price in text. 3 of them do not say if tax is included, so we use the number as printed. 2 chains show the price only in a picture of the menu, and 11 give no price. 8 chains say prices can differ by shop. The government average is the retail price survey's price for a bowl of ramen at ordinary shops, not at chains (our comparison).
Chains change prices often, and many say the price differs by shop. Check the menu or the ticket machine at the shop. We do not use prices from review sites or other websites.
24 / 24 ramen chains checked
| What to know | Details | ||
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| Bowl price on the official site1111 chains. The chain prints the price of its standard bowl on its own site. | |||
| Hidakaya | 420 yen | Chuka soba (soy sauce ramen): 420 yen with tax. 477 shops (end of September 2026). | |
Hidakaya日高屋 · Soy sauce chuka soba and Chinese dishes
The shop count is the operator's total, which can include other brands it runs.
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| Sugakiya | 430 yen | Ramen: 430 yen with tax. Prices can differ by shop. | |
Sugakiyaスガキヤ · Light ramen chain from the Tokai area The price can differ by shop
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| Kourakuen | 490 yen | Chuka soba (soy sauce ramen): 490 yen with tax. 360 shops (17 October 2026). | |
Kourakuen幸楽苑 · Soy sauce chuka soba chain that started in Fukushima
Kourakuen asks other sites not to link to it for commercial purposes, so we give its facts without a link.
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| Ramen Yamaokaya | 690 yen | Shoyu (soy sauce) ramen: 690 yen with tax. 201 shops (end of September 2026). | |
Ramen Yamaokayaラーメン山岡家 · Pork-bone ramen; all shops run by the company
The shop count is the operator's total, which can include other brands it runs.
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| Dotonbori Kamukura | 760 yen | Oishii Ramen: from 760 yen with tax. Prices can differ by shop. 131 shops (17 October 2026). | |
Dotonbori Kamukuraどうとんぼり神座 · Light soy sauce ramen from Osaka The price can differ by shop
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| Ramen Kairikiya | 869 yen | Kyoto back-fat soy sauce ramen (regular): 869 yen with tax (790 yen before tax). Prices can differ by shop. 193 shops (end of September 2026). | |
Ramen Kairikiyaラーメン魁力屋 · Kyoto soy sauce ramen with back fat The price can differ by shop
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| Machida Shoten | 880 yen | Ramen: 880 yen (the site does not say if tax is included). Prices can differ by shop. | |
Machida Shoten町田商店 · Yokohama iekei (pork-bone soy sauce) ramen The price can differ by shop
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| Ramen Butayama | 1000 yen | Small ramen (250 g of noodles, 2 slices of pork): 1,000 yen with tax. Prices can differ by shop. | |
Ramen Butayamaラーメン豚山 · Jiro-style ramen with big toppings The price can differ by shop
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| Fuunji | 1000 yen | Tsukemen (dipping noodles): 1,000 yen (the site does not say if tax is included). Prices can differ by shop. | |
Fuunji風雲児 · Tsukemen with a chicken and seafood broth The price can differ by shop
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| Ramen Kagetsu Arashi | 1056 yen | Arashi Genkotsu Ramen: 1,056 yen with tax (960 yen before tax). Prices can differ by shop. 228 shops (no date given). | |
Ramen Kagetsu Arashiらあめん花月嵐 · Garlic pork-bone ramen chain The price can differ by shop
The shop count is the operator's total, which can include other brands it runs.
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| Moko Tanmen Nakamoto | 1060 yen | Moko Tanmen: 1,060 yen (the site does not say if tax is included). | |
Moko Tanmen Nakamoto蒙古タンメン中本 · Spicy miso tanmen with mapo tofu
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| Price only in a menu picture22 chains. The price is in a picture of the menu, not in the text of the page. | |||
| Hakata Ramen ShinShin | Bowl price (menu picture)870 yen | Hakata ShinShin Ramen: 870 yen with tax, shown in a picture of the menu for the Tenjin main shop and the Komondomachi shop. | |
Hakata Ramen ShinShin博多らーめんShinShin · Hakata pork-bone ramen from Fukuoka
We read this price from the menu picture on the official site on 18 October 2026. It is not in the median.
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| Rairaitei | Bowl price (menu picture)870 yen | Ramen: 870 yen with tax, shown in a picture of the national standard menu. Prices can differ by shop. | |
Rairaitei来来亭 · Kyoto-style soy sauce chicken broth with back fat The price can differ by shop
We read this price from the menu picture on the official site on 18 October 2026. It is not in the median.
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| No bowl price on the official site1111 chains. The chain's own site gives no yen price for its standard bowl. | |||
| Ichiran | Not online | The official menu page gives no yen prices. Ichiran raised ramen and topping prices at some shops from 1 July 2026 and says to check the ticket machine in the shop. Pork-free bowl at one shop. | |
Ichiran一蘭 · Tonkotsu (pork-bone) ramen, one dish Prices went up at some shops from 1 July 2026. Check the ticket machine at the shop
Before you order Checked on 17 and 18 October 2026. Ingredients and shops change. Ask the shop if you avoid pork or animal products, and do not take an allergy label as a halal check.
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| Ippudo | Not online | No yen price on the official menu. Vegan or plant-based bowls at some shops. | |
Ippudo一風堂 · Hakata tonkotsu: Shiromaru Motoaji and Akamaru Shinaji
Before you order Checked on 17 and 18 October 2026. Ingredients and shops change. Ask the shop if you avoid pork or animal products, and do not take an allergy label as a halal check.
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| AFURI | Not online | No yen price on the official menu. Vegan or plant-based bowls at some shops. | |
AFURIAFURI · Yuzu shio (salt) ramen
Before you order Checked on 17 and 18 October 2026. Ingredients and shops change. Ask the shop if you avoid pork or animal products, and do not take an allergy label as a halal check.
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| Kyushu Jangara | Not online | No yen price on the official menu. Vegan or plant-based bowls at some shops. | |
Kyushu Jangara九州じゃんがら · Mild tonkotsu ramen in Tokyo
Before you order Checked on 17 and 18 October 2026. Ingredients and shops change. Ask the shop if you avoid pork or animal products, and do not take an allergy label as a halal check.
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| Hakata Ikkousha | Not online | No yen price on the official menu. 14 shops (July 2023). | |
Hakata Ikkousha博多一幸舎 · Foamy (awa-kei) Hakata tonkotsu
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| Tenkaippin | Not online | The official site has no menu page. 194 shops (17 October 2026). | |
Tenkaippin天下一品 · Thick kotteri chicken and vegetable soup
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| Ichikakuya | Not online | The official site shows only time-limited app campaign prices, not a regular menu. | |
Ichikakuya壱角家 · Yokohama iekei ramen
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| Menya Musashi | Not online | Each shop has a different signature dish, and no yen prices are given. | |
Menya Musashi麺屋武蔵 · Tokyo ramen; each shop has its own signature bowl
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| Ramen Santouka | Not online | No yen price on the official menu. | |
Ramen Santoukaらーめん山頭火 · Shio ramen in a cloudy pork-bone soup, from Asahikawa
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| Kinryu Ramen | Not online | The menu has only two items, ramen and chashu-men, and no prices are given. | |
Kinryu Ramen金龍ラーメン · Light pork-bone ramen in Osaka's Dotonbori since 1982
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| Ramen Nagi | Not online | No yen price on the official menu. | |
Ramen Nagiラーメン凪 · Niboshi (dried sardine) ramen
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420 to 1,060 yen for the standard bowl at 11 chains; median 869 yen.
- Cheapest
- 420 yen
- Median
- 869 yen
- Dearest
- 1060 yen
The 11 chains that print a price, and 2 with a menu picture
Standard bowl price on each chain's own site
| Chain | Bowl | Tax on the menu |
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| 1HidakayaChuka soba (soy sauce ramen) | 420 yen | With tax |
| 2SugakiyaRamen | 430 yendiffers by shop | With tax |
| 3KourakuenChuka soba (soy sauce ramen) | 490 yen | With tax |
| Ramen YamaokayaShoyu (soy sauce) ramen | 690 yen | With tax |
| Dotonbori KamukuraOishii Ramen | from 760 yendiffers by shop | With tax |
| Ramen KairikiyaKyoto back-fat soy sauce ramen (regular) | 869 yendiffers by shop | Before tax, with tax shown |
| Machida ShotenRamen | 880 yendiffers by shop | Not stated |
| Ramen ButayamaSmall ramen (250 g of noodles, 2 slices of pork) | 1,000 yendiffers by shop | With tax |
| FuunjiTsukemen (dipping noodles) | 1,000 yendiffers by shop | Not stated |
| Ramen Kagetsu ArashiArashi Genkotsu Ramen | 1,056 yendiffers by shop | Before tax, with tax shown |
| Moko Tanmen NakamotoMoko Tanmen | 1,060 yen | Not stated |
| Hakata Ramen ShinShinHakata ShinShin Ramen | 870 yenmenu picture | With tax |
| RairaiteiRamen | 870 yenmenu picture | With tax |
Compared with the government's average bowl
- Median of 11 chains869
- Median of 81 cities (retail price survey)747
- Tokyo's 23 wards (retail price survey)620
The cheapest standard bowls are at Hidakaya (420 yen) and Sugakiya (430 yen); the dearest are Kagetsu Arashi and Moko Tanmen Nakamoto, just over 1,000 yen. The government's retail price survey put an ordinary bowl in Tokyo's 23 wards at 620 yen in August 2026, so most chain bowls cost more than that average.
4 of 24 chains: Ichiran (pork-free), Ippudo, AFURI and Kyushu Jangara (vegan or plant-based). None shows a halal-certified bowl.
Pork-free, vegan and halal at the 24 chains
| Chain | Pork-free | Vegan or plant-based | Halal-certified |
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| Ichiran | Yes, 1 shop | No, not vegan | No |
| Ippudo | No | Yes, some shops | No |
| AFURI | No | Yes, some shops | No |
| Kyushu Jangara | No | Yes, some shops | No |
Checked on 17 and 18 October 2026. Ask the shop before you order if you avoid pork or animal products. Ichiran's pork-free ramen is made with the same equipment as its pork ramen. An allergy label does not tell you if food is halal.
4 chains say some shops are open 24 hours.
- Ramen Yamaokaya
- Open 24 hours, every day, except some shops
- Ichiran
- Many shops are open 24 hours, such as the original Nanokawa shop in Fukuoka
- Ichikakuya
- Many shops are open 24 hours, such as Shinjuku Yasukuni-dori
- Ramen Nagi
- The Shinjuku Golden Gai Honkan shop is open 24 hours
- AFURI
- The Ebisu shop is open 11:00 to 5:00 the next morning
- Machida Shoten and Ramen Butayama
- The official shop search can show only shops open after midnight
Hours differ by shop. Check the shop's own page on the day you go.
4 chains say on their own sites that at least some shops take credit cards; AFURI says its shops are fully cashless.
- Machida Shoten, Ramen Butayama, Hidakaya
- The official shop search can show shops that take credit cards
- Hakata Ikkousha
- Payment is listed shop by shop; the main shop near Hakata Station is cash only
- AFURI
- Shops marked fully cashless
- Ichiran
- Priority booking at 8 shops is paid by credit card in advance; anything added in the shop is paid in cash
The other chains do not say on their sites which payments their shops take. Many ramen shops sell tickets from a machine at the door; carry some cash in yen.
- Photos at Hidakaya
- Only photos of your food; filming for video sites needs the head office's approval first, and live streaming is not allowed
- Bookings at Fuunji
- None of its 3 shops takes reservations
- Ichiran's priority service
- It shows you to a seat first but does not hold one; you may lose priority if you are more than 30 minutes late
- Menus in other languages
- 11 chains have an official site, menu or shop search in English; Kyushu Jangara has menus in English, Chinese, Korean and Thai at every shop
Each chain's own site and its operator's reports, checked on 17 and 18 October 2026.
- 11 chains print a standard bowl price in the text of their site
- 2 chains show it only in a menu picture
- 11 chains give no yen price for their standard bowl
- 8 chains or their operators publish a shop count
- Chains
- 24 ramen chains with several shops and searches from abroad. One chain was left out because its terms need permission to use its information.
- Bowl price
- The standard bowl named on the chain's own menu, as printed. Prices shown only in a picture are marked and not in the median.
- Shops
- Only counts the chain or its operator publishes, with the date. Where only an operator total exists, we say so.
- Pork-free, vegan, halal
- Only what the chain's own site says. We do not judge a bowl ourselves.
- Government average
- Retail Price Survey, chuka soba (eating out), August 2026: Tokyo's 23 wards and the median of 81 cities (our calculation).
- Not used
- Review and ranking sites, and prices on other websites.
Why Ichiran has no price here
Ichiran's official menu, pork-free, shop and news pages give no yen prices. Its 29 June 2026 notice says prices changed at some shops from 1 July 2026 and points to the ticket machine in each shop. We do not copy prices from other websites.
Source: Ichiran official news, 29 June 2026.
Frequently asked questions
How much is a bowl at Japan's big ramen chains?
Of the 24 chains we checked, 11 print a standard bowl price on their own sites: from 420 yen (Hidakaya) to 1,060 yen (Moko Tanmen Nakamoto), median 869 yen (checked 17 and 18 October 2026). 2 charge more than 1,000 yen.
Is chain ramen more expensive than the average bowl in Japan?
Usually. The median chain bowl (869 yen) is 249 yen more than the government's average for an ordinary bowl in Tokyo's 23 wards (620 yen, August 2026) and 122 yen more than the median of 81 cities.
Which ramen chains in Japan have vegan or pork-free ramen?
Ippudo (Plant Akamaru and Plant Shiromaru at some shops), AFURI (Rainbow Vegan Ramen) and Kyushu Jangara (two vegan ramen) have vegan or plant-based bowls, and Ichiran has a pork-free shop in Osaka. None of the 24 chains shows a halal-certified bowl. Ask the shop before you order.
Do ramen chains in Japan take credit cards?
Some do. 4 chains say on their sites that at least some shops take credit cards (Hidakaya, Machida Shoten, Ramen Butayama and Hakata Ikkousha), and AFURI says its shops are fully cashless. Carry some yen for ticket machines.
Which ramen chains are open 24 hours in Japan?
Ichiran, Ramen Yamaokaya and Ichikakuya say many of their shops are open 24 hours, and Ramen Nagi's Shinjuku Golden Gai Honkan shop is too. Hours differ by shop.
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Where these numbers come from
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- Hidakaya: official site (Japanese)Hidakaya
- Hidakaya: operator's monthly report (Japanese)Hidakaya
- Sugakiya: official site (Japanese)Sugakiya
- Kourakuen: official site (Japanese)Kourakuen
- Ramen Yamaokaya: official site (Japanese)Ramen Yamaokaya
- Ramen Yamaokaya: operator's monthly report (Japanese)Ramen Yamaokaya
- Dotonbori Kamukura: official site (Japanese)Dotonbori Kamukura
- Ramen Kairikiya: official site (Japanese)Ramen Kairikiya
- Ramen Kairikiya: operator's monthly report (Japanese)Ramen Kairikiya
- Machida Shoten: official site (Japanese)Machida Shoten
- Ramen Butayama: official site (Japanese)Ramen Butayama
- Fuunji: official site (Japanese)Fuunji
- Ramen Kagetsu Arashi: official site (Japanese)Ramen Kagetsu Arashi
- Moko Tanmen Nakamoto: official site (Japanese)Moko Tanmen Nakamoto
- Hakata Ramen ShinShin: menu (picture, Japanese)Hakata Ramen ShinShin
- Rairaitei: menu (picture, Japanese)Rairaitei
- Ichiran: official site (Japanese)Ichiran
- Ippudo: official site (Japanese)Ippudo
- AFURI: official site (Japanese)AFURI
- Kyushu Jangara: official site (Japanese)Kyushu Jangara
- Hakata Ikkousha: official site (Japanese)Hakata Ikkousha
- Tenkaippin: official site (Japanese)Tenkaippin
- Ichikakuya: official site (Japanese)Ichikakuya
- Menya Musashi: official site (Japanese)Menya Musashi
- Ramen Santouka: official site (Japanese)Ramen Santouka
- Kinryu Ramen: official site (Japanese)Kinryu Ramen
- Ramen Nagi: official site (Japanese)Ramen Nagi
- Statistics Bureau of Japan: Retail Price Survey, prices by city (August 2026), chuka soba (eating out)Statistics Bureau of Japan (e-Stat)
24 ramen chains in Japan: the standard bowl price printed on each chain's own site (with or without tax), whether the price differs by shop, official shop counts with dates, pork-free, vegan and halal-certified options, 24-hour and late-night shops, payment and languages, compared with the government retail price survey (August 2026).
Prices, shop counts and diet options come from each chain's own site and its operator's reports, written in our own words and checked on 17 and 18 October 2026. The median and the comparison with the government's average are our own calculations. Prices change; check the menu at the shop.