About Us
ICHIRAN's story began in Hakata, the epicenter of the tonkotsu ramen movement. We are on a mission to provide our guests with the best tonkotsu ramen, using only the finest ingredients and the most advanced techniques developed by our master artisans.
HOME OF THE FOUR ORIGINALS
ICHIRAN created the “Four Originals,” four revolutionary elements of tonkotsu ramen:
1. Original Spicy Red Sauce
2. Aromatic Tonkotsu Broth
3. Ramen Focus Booth
4. Kae-Dama Ordering System
1. ORIGINAL SPICY RED SAUCE
The Original Spicy Red Sauce is one of the four ICHIRAN Originals. With this original sauce, ICHIRAN was the first to introduce the now popular concept of serving ramen with a thick, red sauce. The secret togarashi pepper blend of our Original Spicy Red Sauce is made from combining over 30 different spices and then slowly aging it to draw out its umami flavor. This creates a sauce that is spicy, yet contains a variety of flavors that creates a richer, tastier ramen. Visually, the red circular shape of the sauce contrasts beautifully with the light, cloudy broth.
2. AROMATIC TONKOTSU BROTH
ICHIRAN is the birthplace of an authentic tasting tonkotsu broth that does not contain the usual strong pork aroma.
ICHIRAN's all-natural tonkotsu broth is extracted from 100% pork bones. Boiling pork bones for soup normally produces a strong-smelling broth, however, the advanced technology and extraction methods of our expert craftsmen remove the strong aroma. Their expertise has created a savory tonkotsu soup that both smells and tastes delicious, another ICHIRAN Original!
3. RAMEN FOCUS BOOTH
Get a little more intimate with your ramen with ICHIRAN's own Ramen Focus Booths - designed to allow you to focus on the flavors of your bowl with minimal distractions. This ICHIRAN Original was created in response to the many distractions and loud surroundings of a typical ramen restaurant. Conversations with other customers, hurried movements of the chefs, and many other sounds and images prevent you from focusing on your meal. They distract you from the wonderful experience in front of you. ICHIRAN's Ramen Focus Booths solves this by blocking out the distractions, allowing you to focus all of your attention into fully enjoying the flavors of our ramen.
4. KAE-DAMA ORDERING SYSTEM
You can order an additional serving of noodles without ever saying a single word. Simply place the "Kae-Dama" plate on the sensor at the corner of the table. A brief melody will play and a server comes to retrieve the plate. ICHIRAN's unique system uses a quick and word-less method to order more noodles to satisfy your ramen craving.
