Ramen & Noodles · Ginza
Manpuku (Ginza) 萬福
Ginza's oldest ramen shop: it began as a yatai cart in 1925 and has served chuka soba from this Higashi-Ginza building since 1929. The bowl is topped with a signature ribbon of thin omelette.
Wantanmen: ¥1,150
About
Manpuku started as a street stall in the Taisho era and opened in its present spot near Kabukiza in 1929, making it one of the oldest continuously operating ramen shops in Tokyo. Now run by the founder's grandson, it keeps a retro interior of tiled counters and wooden fittings that look straight out of a Showa film set. The chuka soba, once sold as 'shina soba' from the yatai, is a light, clear shoyu broth with thin noodles, chashu, menma, naruto and a distinctive strip of thin-fried egg. The menu also covers machi-chuka standards such as fried rice and gyoza. In the middle of luxury Ginza, a bowl here costs less than a coffee in the department stores around it.
Highlights
- Yatai beginnings in 1925, current shop since 1929
- Chuka soba with a signature strip of thin omelette
- Retro interior preserved through three generations
- Fried rice and gyoza for a classic machi-chuka meal
- Two blocks from Kabukiza Theatre
Tips
- Pair it with a visit to Kabukiza or the Ginza galleries
- Lunch fills with office workers 12:00-13:00; go at 11:15 or after 13:30
- Closed Sundays
- Order the chuka soba plus a small fried rice to share
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