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north of Tokyo just a few hours by train
almost as if hidden within the mountains
there is a town called Takata on its
surface it looks quite similar to many
of Japan's rural towns with low-profile
buildings set against a mountainous
backdrop and fairly quiet city streets
in fact one might even call the area
humble and they wouldn't be wrong in
doing so because despite its seemingly
uncomplicated in familiar feel the town
of Takata is famous all across the
country if you were to say the name
Stata to almost anyone in Japan you're
bound to get the same or at least a very
similar response ramen Angela
funny I mean you know you buy a firearm
in this peaceful countryside town does
not leave any gap between expectation
and reality with over a hundred ramen
shops in the area and even a set of
shrine gates that look like chopsticks
even among all of this one shop stands
out among the rest
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at seven o'clock in the morning you
probably don't typically think let's go
out for a bowl of ramen that is unless
you're in step out
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their status on all asana robbing a unit
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separately then there's a little bit of
all and what can I do when it is 8
o'clock in the morning and I am eating a
bowl morning Robin had ramen in the
morning just never had morning ramen the
owner recommended that I try the new
solvents and its really popular the
entire thing is just covered it's really
nice flavor is super gentle it's got a
light feel - like I feel like I'm not
gonna have this heavy oily feel when I'm
finished this is this actually works
really well as morning Robin the noodles
are really part of what makes it special
wavy noodles with a chewy texture that
absorbed the soups flavor give the ramen
a bit of a unique edge Brahman comes in
a variety of styles and flavors all
across the country and each style is
designated its own name or
classification oftentimes with this name
referencing a base or flavor of the soup
but hearing Takata the style of ramen is
simply named after the town itself
now mine Hakata ramen - ramen nastácia
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nothing's gonna I know but I had no the
cudgel I adore so in Hoonah can't you
mean okay doctor that I still there
yes I actually used to lived right down
the street over there I didn't even
realize by the shop like every single
day without realizing so I got curious
we're gonna head in today and check it
out just for good measure I'm gonna go
with the same one the one with all the
Joshua on top that way I can give it a
fair comparison
yeah those are really good definitely
different from step Aetna though my taxi
driver backing stuff out that kind of
called it when he was talking about the
water I think he's in here but you
didn't mean to not come to meet you
there buddy
weenie shimmy much but hey you to come
talk about the fresh running water that
comes off of the mountains is a point of
pride for many decadal oaken's but you
see Takata is actually located in
Japan's Fukushima Prefecture and when
most people here Kashima their mind goes
straight to the 2011 earthquake and the
events that followed but without looking
at a map many don't realize just how why
did the prefecture of Kashima actually
is dead cotta itself is about as far
inland as you can go before you start
approaching the Sea of Japan in fact
it's actually closer to the area of
Niigata than it is to the Pacific coast
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while the asada or ramen for breakfast
is definitely an aspect that makes bond
nice shokudo unique the shop really hits
its stride around lunchtime with a
packed house and a street full of cars
and people in Japan the process of
making ramen is known to be famously
time-consuming or sometimes difficult
but botanizing
claims that in these conditions it's
actually not the most difficult part of
the job the Dutch study katatak a
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achieve a scripted hua that mean you're
not ticklish okay no okay so you're
gonna get deal I appreciate to push the
gonna get going my total do you know oh
thank you 13 you're still
mmm REO days you know Thomas hi yeah
more co2 mister
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