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Kitakata: four bowls of ramen before lunch, at the weekend

September 25, 2026Sora Nakamura

Kitakata eats ramen for breakfast, and on Saturdays and Sundays several shops open at seven for it. Four bowls in a morning, from Jalan's list: order small, and share if you are two.

Do it on a weekend between April and November, when the last shop opens at eight. The shops' hours and prices are Jalan's as of 3 September 2026. The taxi minutes between them are our estimate.

Where
Kitakata
How long
1 day
Stops
4
Distance
6 km · 0.3 km on foot
On the clock
about 3.8 h
Pace
fast
Season
April to November
Mood
eating · morning · solo
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Times are the editor’s plan, not a timetable. ≈ marks our own rough estimate; check the train times before you go.

01what it costs
Day 1¥3,750–¥4,100≈ $25 / €22fares ¥0 · places ¥3,750–¥4,1002 fares not recorded yet
Priced so far¥3,750–¥4,100≈ $25 / €22budgetCovers 4 of 4 stops and the trains · 2 rides without a fare · no hotel on this route

Per person, one adult. Each place’s figure is what its source printed, and the stop names the source and the date; the fares are the operators’ own published figures. Meals and rides with no printed figure are not in the total, and a figure printed more than a year ago says so. Converted at the European Central Bank reference rate of 2026-09-24, not a bank rate.

02the day
  1. 活力再生麺屋 あじ庵食堂

    Morning ramen on weekends and holidays only. The wasabi-shio ramen, a salt soup on shijimi clam stock with wasabi to stir in halfway, is ¥1,000; the noodles are made in the shop.

    喜多方市 · Jalan Net News · 35 min¥1,000per personas printed by Jalan September 3

    HoursWeekends and holidays 7:00–15:00; weekdays 10:00–15:00 and 18:00–20:30; closed Mondays · Jalan, as of 3 Sep 2026

    The place →Open in maps ↗
  2. Taxi≈6 min
  3. 坂内食堂

    The shina soba is a light salt soup with four slices of chashu, ¥900; the niku soba, the bowl covered in chashu, ¥1,250.

    喜多方市 · Jalan Net News · 30 min¥900–¥1,250per personas printed by Jalan September 3

    Hours7:00–18:00 (last order 17:50); closed Thursdays and some Wednesdays · Jalan, as of 3 Sep 2026

    The place →Open in maps ↗
  4. Walk≈4 min · 0.3 km
  5. 喜多方ラーメン専門店喜鈴 喜多方店

    The golden shoyu chuka soba, ¥850: a double stock of Aizu chicken and pork bone with three kinds of dried sardine, over flat curly noodles of their own.

    喜多方市 · Jalan Net News · 30 min¥850per personas printed by Jalan September 3

    HoursWeekends and holidays 7:00–16:00; weekdays 10:00–16:00; closed Wednesdays · Jalan, as of 3 Sep 2026

    The place →Open in maps ↗
  6. Taxi≈12 min
  7. 赤れんが

    Pork bone and plenty of vegetables for a clear soup, made with well water from Mount Iide. Kitakata ramen ¥1,000.

    喜多方市 · Jalan Net News · 35 min¥1,000per personas printed by Jalan September 3

    HoursWeekdays 11:00–15:00; weekends and holidays April to November 8:00–15:00; until the soup runs out; closes on irregular days · Jalan, as of 3 Sep 2026

    The place →Open in maps ↗
See it on the map →
03the map
This route on our map4 stops · 6 kmOpen the map →
04music for the way
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05on the wire

On the wire this week

  1. 【福島】喜多方ラーメンおすすめ8選！絶品ご当地グルメの名店を厳選＜2026＞ Jalan Net News
06the editor

Sora Nakamura was born in Kanazawa, grew up between a fish market and a grandmother's kitchen, and spent her twenties cooking in Tokyo, Lyon and Melbourne before she put down the knife to write. Back in Tokyo since 2019, she keeps a spreadsheet of every place she has eaten at since 2011 and a bicycle she rides to most of them. She writes routes, not rankings, and believes the best restaurant in any town is the one that has been open long enough to have a regular who died there.