What time does Tokyo Ramen Street open?

The street's hours are 10:30 to 23:00, with last orders at 22:30. Several shops open earlier, with Rokurinsha from 7:30, Oreshiki Jun and Hanamichian from 8:00, Gyoku from 8:30, and Soranoiro NIPPON and Kakushinka TOKYO from 9:00.

Can I pay by credit card at Tokyo Ramen Street?

No. The shops take cash and transit IC cards such as Suica and PASMO, and QR or barcode payments cannot be used on Ramen Street. Bring cash or a topped-up Suica.

Where is Tokyo Ramen Street in Tokyo Station?

On B1 of First Avenue Tokyo Station, on the Yaesu side and outside the ticket gates. The nearest exit is the Yaesu Underground Central Exit. It is next to Tokyo Character Street and Tokyo Okashi Land.

Which is the best shop on Tokyo Ramen Street?

Rokurinsha has the longest queue, for its thick tsukemen. For a lighter bowl, try Hirugao's salt ramen. Soranoiro NIPPON has vegan and gluten-free dishes.

How long is the wait at Rokurinsha?

It depends on the time. Lunch and dinner on weekends are the longest. The morning service from 7:30 and mid-afternoon on weekdays are usually much shorter, and ramen queues move quickly.

Is there vegan ramen at Tokyo Ramen Street?

Yes. Soranoiro NIPPON serves vegan and gluten-free dishes as well as its regular shoyu ramen, and a vegetable and mushroom soba. Check the ticket machine for the current vegan option.

Tokyo Ramen Street: A Guide to Tokyo Station's Ramen Alley

08/17/202510/10/2026

The Tokyo Ramen Street sign in Tokyo Station with photos of each shop's ramen

Quick answer

Tokyo Ramen Street is a row of about ten ramen shops on B1 of Tokyo Station, on the Yaesu side outside the ticket gates.
The street runs 10:30 to 23:00, but several shops open from 7:30 to 9:00 for breakfast ramen.
Every shop takes cash or transit IC cards such as Suica only, so credit cards and QR payments will not work.

Contents

What Is Tokyo Ramen Street?

Tokyo Ramen Street is a corridor of ramen shops in the basement of Tokyo Station, inside First Avenue Tokyo Station on the Yaesu side, outside the ticket gates. Each shop serves a different style of ramen, from thick dipping noodles to light salt broth, miso and fish-based soups, so a family can try several kinds of ramen without leaving the station.

The operator describes the idea as a street you could visit every day for a week without getting bored. In October 2026 there are nine regular shops and one limited-time shop, and the line-up changes from time to time, with guest shops from other parts of Japan coming in for a few months.

It is also right next to the Shinkansen and JR lines, it opens early, it stays open late, and the shops turn tables quickly. If you arrive at Tokyo Station hungry with tired children, this is the nearest proper hot meal.

The entrance to Tokyo Ramen Street in Tokyo Station — The entrance to Tokyo Ramen Street on B1 of Tokyo Station

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Tokyo Ramen Street Shops, Styles and Hours

The street's official hours are 10:30 to 23:00, with last orders at 22:30, but each shop sets its own times, and several open early for breakfast. These are the shop hours listed on the official site in October 2026.

Shop	Style	Hours
Rokurinsha	Tsukemen (dipping noodles)	7:30 to 9:45, then 10:00 to 23:00
Oreshiki Jun	Tonkotsu (pork)	8:00 to 23:00
Hanamichian	Miso	8:00 to 23:00
Tokyo Niboshi Ramen Gyoku	Chicken and dried sardine	8:30 to 23:00
Soranoiro NIPPON	Shoyu (soy sauce), vegan and gluten-free options	9:00 to 23:00
Kakushinka TOKYO	Iekei (pork and soy)	9:00 to 23:00
Shio Ramen Senmon Hirugao	Shio (salt)	10:00 to 23:00
Tokyoeki Ikaruga	Pork and seafood	10:00 to 23:00
Tsugaru Niboshi Hirakoya	Aomori-style dried sardine	10:30 to 22:30
Shokudo Hasegawa (until 23 November 2026)	Kitakata-style shoyu	11:00 to 22:30

Last orders are 30 minutes before closing. Hours change without much notice, so check the shop page on the official site on the day.

The Shops on Tokyo Ramen Street

Each shop on Tokyo Ramen Street specialises in one style, so choosing a shop means choosing a kind of ramen.

Rokurinsha

Rokurinsha is known for thick, rich tsukemen, with very thick, curly noodles served apart from a concentrated pork, chicken and vegetable dipping sauce. It has the longest queue on the street.

Its morning service, from 7:30 with last orders at 9:30, serves a breakfast-only tsukemen, and the morning line is usually shorter than at lunch. When the queue is too long to serve everyone before last orders, staff may close the line early.

Soranoiro NIPPON

This is the shop for families with mixed diets. Its signature is a light shoyu ramen made with Amakusa Daio, one of Japan's largest breeds of chicken, but it also serves a vegetable and mushroom soba and has vegan and gluten-free dishes.

The original shop was listed in the Michelin Guide Tokyo's Bib Gourmand.

Shio Ramen Senmon Hirugao

Clear salt ramen with a chicken, kelp and dried-fish broth and thin, straight noodles. It is the lightest bowl on the street, which makes it a good first ramen for children and a good meal before a long train ride.

Tokyo Niboshi Ramen Gyoku

Gyoku mixes a thick chicken broth with several kinds of niboshi (dried sardines) and bonito flakes shaved in the shop, so the bowl tastes rich and strongly of fish. The side dish of rice with melting bonito flakes costs ¥350.

Tonkotsu Ramen Oreshiki Jun

Ramen chef Tsukasa Maejima's shop cooks creamy pork-bone tonkotsu ramen on site. Anyone who has eaten ramen abroad will know the style.

Hanamichian

This branch of a Tokyo shop listed in the Michelin Guide Tokyo serves miso ramen with thick noodles, everyday miso, vegetables and pork. It warms you up in winter.

Kakushinka TOKYO

The shop serves iekei ramen, the Yokohama style of pork and soy broth with thick noodles. Its version is smoother than usual, and the noodles use 100% Japanese wheat.

Tokyoeki Ikaruga

This shop, which has won ramen awards for over 20 years, makes a balanced pork and seafood broth.

Tsugaru Niboshi Hirakoya

A well-known shop from Aomori in northern Japan, here in its first permanent branch outside the prefecture. Its broth is made from four kinds of dried sardines and is strong and salty, so it suits adults who like fish.

Shokudo Hasegawa

A guest shop from Kitakata in Fukushima, serving Kitakata-style shoyu ramen with large slices of pork. It is here only from 6 August to 23 November 2026, after which another guest shop is likely to take its place.

The Tokyo Ramen Street map board showing the location of each shop — The map board at the entrance shows where each shop is

Which Ramen Shop Should You Choose?

Pick by taste and by who is with you. If you only eat one bowl here, these are the simplest choices.

If you want	Go to	Why
The best-known shop	Rokurinsha	Tsukemen pioneer, go at breakfast
A first ramen for children	Hirugao	Light, clear salt broth
Vegan or gluten-free	Soranoiro NIPPON	Separate vegan and gluten-free dishes
Rich and creamy	Oreshiki Jun	Tonkotsu, the style most visitors know
Something you cannot get at home	Hirakoya or Gyoku	Dried-sardine broths

With children, look at the photos on the sample board outside each shop before you queue, and choose a plain bowl without chilli oil or extra garlic for younger children. If someone in your family has a food allergy, ramen broths often contain wheat, soy, egg, fish and sesame, and a busy counter is not the place to sort it out, so check before you queue.

How to Find Tokyo Ramen Street in Tokyo Station

Tokyo Ramen Street is on B1 of First Avenue Tokyo Station, outside the ticket gates on the Yaesu (east) side. The closest gate is the Yaesu Underground Central Exit.

From there it is a short walk, and the street is signposted in English.

From the Shinkansen or JR lines. Leave by any Yaesu-side gate and follow the signs for First Avenue Tokyo Station and Ramen Street.
From the Marunouchi side. Cross through the station to the Yaesu side first. The underground on the Marunouchi side is a different area, and visitors often look for the street there by mistake.
Next door. Tokyo Character Street and Tokyo Okashi Land are in the same basement, so ramen, character shops and sweets fit into one stop.

The station is large, so allow 10 minutes to get from a platform to a seat. For the rest of the station, from lockers to the Marunouchi building, see our Tokyo Station guide.

How to Order and Pay at Tokyo Ramen Street

You order from a ticket machine at the shop entrance, and you pay there with cash or a transit IC card (Suica, PASMO and the others). That is the payment rule at every shop on the street, according to the official shop pages.

Credit cards are not listed, and QR and barcode payments cannot be used on Ramen Street at all.

Join the queue. Queue along the marked line, not in front of the next shop. Some shops ask you to buy your ticket first, and staff will tell you.
Buy a ticket. Press the button for your bowl, then any extras, such as a seasoned egg, more pork or a large portion. Most machines have photos, and many have English.
Hand over the ticket when you sit down, or when staff collect it in the queue.
Eat and leave. Ramen shops expect you to finish and give up the seat. Slurping is normal.

A Welcome Suica or a Suica on your phone saves you counting coins at the machine. Our Suica and IC card guide explains which card to get and how to top it up, and the Welcome Suica Mobile guide covers the iPhone version.

A menu board outside a ramen shop on Tokyo Ramen Street — Photo menus outside each shop show what the ticket machine buttons mean

Best Time to Go and How Long the Queues Are

Go before 11:00 or after 14:00 on a weekday, and the queues are short or gone. Lunch from about 11:30 to 13:30 and dinner from about 18:00 are the busy times, and weekends and holidays are busier than weekdays.

Rokurinsha has the longest line at any time of day.

Breakfast ramen. Rokurinsha opens at 7:30, and Oreshiki Jun and Hanamichian at 8:00. If you are catching an early Shinkansen, this is the easiest time to eat here.
Queues move fast. People eat ramen quickly, so a line of 15 people is shorter than it looks.
Late evening. Most shops take last orders at 22:30, which helps after a late train.

Tokyo Ramen Street with Kids

Tokyo Ramen Street works with children if you go at a quiet time and keep the stop short. The shops are small, with counters and a few tables, the seats are close together, and there is little room for a stroller inside.

Strollers. Fold it before you go in, or let one adult wait outside with it while the other eats, then swap.
Baby room. There is a nursing and changing room on B1, on North Street in First Avenue Tokyo Station.
Seating. Families of four or more may wait longer for seats together. Say how many you are when you queue.
Afterwards. Tokyo Character Street is a few minutes away in the same basement. Our Tokyo Character Street guide lists the shops, from the Pokémon Store to Tomica and the JUMP SHOP.

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I recommend it. Lots of different ramen shops stand side by side, which makes it fun.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What time does Tokyo Ramen Street open?: The street's hours are 10:30 to 23:00, with last orders at 22:30. Several shops open earlier, with Rokurinsha from 7:30, Oreshiki Jun and Hanamichian from 8:00, Gyoku from 8:30, and Soranoiro NIPPON and Kakushinka TOKYO from 9:00.
Can I pay by credit card at Tokyo Ramen Street?: No. The shops take cash and transit IC cards such as Suica and PASMO, and QR or barcode payments cannot be used on Ramen Street. Bring cash or a topped-up Suica.
Where is Tokyo Ramen Street in Tokyo Station?: On B1 of First Avenue Tokyo Station, on the Yaesu side and outside the ticket gates. The nearest exit is the Yaesu Underground Central Exit. It is next to Tokyo Character Street and Tokyo Okashi Land.
Which is the best shop on Tokyo Ramen Street?: Rokurinsha has the longest queue, for its thick tsukemen. For a lighter bowl, try Hirugao's salt ramen. Soranoiro NIPPON has vegan and gluten-free dishes.
How long is the wait at Rokurinsha?: It depends on the time. Lunch and dinner on weekends are the longest. The morning service from 7:30 and mid-afternoon on weekdays are usually much shorter, and ramen queues move quickly.
Is there vegan ramen at Tokyo Ramen Street?: Yes. Soranoiro NIPPON serves vegan and gluten-free dishes as well as its regular shoyu ramen, and a vegetable and mushroom soba. Check the ticket machine for the current vegan option.

Tokyo Ramen Street

Address

1 Chome-9-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0005

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Nearest station

Tokyo Station (Shinkansen / Tokaido / Yokosuka / Sobu / Keihin-Tohoku / Yamanote / Chuo / Keiyo / Ueno-Tokyo / Tokyo Metro Marunouchi)

Sources

https://www.tokyoeki-1bangai.co.jp/street/ramen/en/
https://www.tokyoeki-1bangai.co.jp/en/
https://www.tokyoeki-1bangai.co.jp/access/
https://www.tokyoeki-1bangai.co.jp/shop/detail/?cd=000044
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