Visiting Kyoto's Ramen Battleground by Eizan Electric Railway！

▲Left）A train car with a design reproduced and made to look similar to the one at the time of the foundation of Eizan Electric Railway. You can also enjoy train cars with approximately 15 other designs.

　Kyoto is also a city where ramen lovers from inside and outside Japan gather. If you would like to eat delicious ramen, we would recommend the 「ramen battleground」 Ichijoji area, where around 30 popular ramen shops gather. By taking a train ride to Ichijoji, purchasing a 「Kyoto Ichijoji Ramen Ticket」 of Eizan Electric Railway, you can easily visit popular ramen shops and have a one-day tour in Rakuhoku, for example Kifune and Kurama！

Let's visit ramen shops now, using Eizan Electric Railway！
■With a 「Kyoto Ichijoji Ramen Ticket」, unlimited rides on the whole lines of Eizan Electric Railway + One bowl of ramen！1、900 yen

By purchasing a 「Ramen Ticket」, you can eat one bowl of ramen free of charge at any of the 12 ramen shops at Ichijoji. Also, it offers you unlimited rides on the whole lines, which will allow you to visit popular sightseeing spots such as Kifune and Kurama. Ichijoji Station is the third stop from Demachiyanagi Station.

■Recommended ramen shop①・・・「Chuka-soba 」 at 「Chuka-soba Takayasu」 with a long line of customers, priced at 920 yen (tax included, hereinafter as well)

▲This photo shows a combination meal consisting of recommended 「Chuka-soba」, curry-flavored fried chicken, and rice.

Regarding "Chuka-soba", the whitish soup produced by sufficient stewing with pork bones, chicken bones, etc., and the specially ordered medium-fine straight noodles give a superb taste. The large pieces of soft char siu, which are protruding from the ramen bowl, are delicious as well, going well with the milky soup！

■Recommended ramen shop②・・・ 「Toridaku®Ramen」　at 「Menya Gokkei®」 with a light flavor and a thick soup, popular among women, priced at 1、000 yen

Recommended 「Toridaku®Ramen」 is characterized by one and only soup to eat, which is a super rich meat chicken white soup. Efforts are made to enjoy its texture by thick-slicing pork char siu, white-haired green onion and menma, which are topping ingredients.

■Recommended ramen shop③・・・Regular-sized 「Chuka-soba with boiled egg」 at 「Ramen Tentenyu」, easy to eat despite a strong flavor based on chicken white soup, priced at 850 yen

　This is a long-established shop founded over 50 years ago. It started as a stall and has since been taking advantage of the rich taste of chicken and conserving the thick sweet taste of the soup. 「Chuka-soba with boiled egg」 is pleasing also because it is possible to select the type and hardness of noodles, the thickness of soup, the amount of onion.

■Recommended ramen ④・・・Regular-sized 「Chuka-soba with flavored egg」 at long-established 「Chinyu Ichijoji main shop」, which focuses on Chuka-soba, priced at 900 yen

　The most popular 「Chuka-soba with flavored egg」 is an item characterized in that it looks thick but gives a fresh aftertaste with the addition of a mellow flavor using soy sauce, produced by a long-established manufacturer, for the chicken white soup full of collagen. The balance between the soup, medium-fine straight noodles of wheat produced in Hokkaido and the roast pork based on brewed soy sauce is superb.

■Message from Eizan Electric Railway to inbound visitors to Japan
　Ichijoji a 「ramen battleground」 lies alongside the Eizan Electric Railway line. Also, Kifune and Kurama are popular sightseeing spots, where visitors can enjoy nature, such as fresh verdure in spring, cooling-off decks in summer, red leaves in fall and snowy landscapes in winter. Buying a one-day ticket, please enjoy nature in this area close to the downtown of Kyoto and relatively small in the number of visitors.

■Eizan Electric Railway 「Kyoto Ichijoji Ramen Ticket」 and shop locations
　・Eizan Electric Railway 「Kyoto Ichijoji Ramen Ticket」
https://eizandensha.co.jp/good...
　・Chuka-soba Takayasu
　　　10 Ichijoji Takatsukicho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City
　・Menya Gokkei
　　　29-7 Ichijoji Nishitojikawaracho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City
　・Ramen Tentenyu
　　　49 Ichijoji Nishisuginomiyacho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City
　・Chinyu Ichijoji main shop
　　　24 Ichijojiharaitonocho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City
　※The railroad station closest to each shop is Ichijoji Station of Eizan Electric Railway. For detailed information about the shops, please check the respective webpages, etc.