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[Santoka Head Office in Asahikawa] Salt Broth Ramen with Milky White That World People Want to Eat

September 27th, 2015

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Santoka
Salt Broth Ramen

Santoka

Ramne Santoka (らーめん山頭火) is a popular ramen chain restaurant run by Ab-out, corp (株式会社アブアウト). in Asahikawa city. Mr Hitoshi Hatanaka (畠中仁), a chairman, established the ramen restaurant in 1988. The head office given the MICHELIN PLATE by MICHELIN Hokkaido 2017 Special Edition is near Asahikawa station, and some branch ramen restaurants open a business in the Asahikawa, Sapporo, Biei, Sendai, Morioka, Harajuku, Gotanda, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Koshigaya and Naha in Japana. In addition, they also have overseas ramen restaurant as well as the Japan, and some branch ramen restaurants open a business in United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and South Korean. Speaking of the Santoka, Salt Broth Ramen using white pork bone broth soup is famous, and the Santoka get a following　worldwide fans.

My visited place is the head office on the 1st floor of Sasaki Building (ささきビル). The ramen restaurant is not so large, and the interior decoration is new. Counter seats and table seats are provided, so I guess that even family customers enjoy meals.

Movie of Cooking Ramen

List of Highway Bus

Refer to following companies for the highway bus service between the Asahikawa and the Sapporo, the New Chitose Airport, the Kitami, the Obihiro and the Kushiro.

Chuo Bus(中央バス)	From Sapporo to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Chuo Bus(中央バス)	From Asahikawa to Sapporo	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Chuo Bus(中央バス)	From Asahikawa to Sapporo	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Chuo Bus(中央バス)	From Sapporo to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Asahikawa Denki Kido(旭川電気軌道)	From New Chitose Airport to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Asahikawa Denki Kido(旭川電気軌道)	From Asahikawa to New Chitose Airport	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Hokkaido Kitami Bus(北海道北見バス)	From Asahikawa to Kitami	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Hokkaido Kitami Bus(北海道北見バス)	From Kitami to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Takushoku Bus(拓殖バス)	From Asahikawa to Obihiro	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Takushoku Bus(拓殖バス)	From Obihiro to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Akan Bus(阿寒バス)	From Asahikawa to Kushiro	HP	Jalan	Rakuten
Akan Bus(阿寒バス)	From Kushiro to Asahikawa	HP	Jalan	Rakuten

ASAHIKAWA

Asahikawa (旭川) that about 340,000 people live is the 2nd largest commercial city in Hokkaido, and has flourished as the center of the North Hokkaido area. Woodworks have been prosperous since the old days, and furniture is famous. Because water is clear, a liquor such as sake of Otokoyama (男山) and Godo Shusei (合同酒精) are famous, too. Popular tourist attractions such as Asahiyama Zoo (旭山動物園) and Biei (美瑛) are around the Asahikawa, so a lot of tourists use tourist bases in the North Hokkaido. As for a climate, the Asahikawa is located in Kamikawa Basin, the largest basin in the Hokkaido, so it is hot that temperature rises to 30 degrees C in a summer, and it is cold that temperature falls to -25 degrees C in a winter, and it snow very hard, too. So a winter festival using the snow is famous. Article is here

Ramen of Hokkaido

Ramen is a noodle soup dish topped with ingredients. It is said that Chinese noodles is the root of the ramen, and there are various theories, for example, Mr. Mistukuni Tokugawa (徳川光圀 * Mitokomon (水戸黄門)) ate the ramen in 1697 for the first time in Japan or the first ramen was that Keitaimen noodles (経帯麺) served in 1488 was written in Biryueken Diary (蔭涼軒日録). Noodle soup dishes were spread out in Japan because Nanking noodles (南京そば) was served in various China Towns, Japan. In Hakodate with a China Town, Yowaken (養和軒) served the Nanking noodles in 1884. In Sapporo, it is a root of Sapporo Ramen that a noodle soup dish was cooked by Mr. Wang Wen Zai (王文彩), a chief chef of Takeya Shokudo (竹家食堂), in 1922. Houran (芳蘭), a branch of the Takeya Shokudo, opened a business in 1933 in Asahikawa. Asahikawa Ramen, Sapporo Ramen and Hakodate Ramen called the 3 Major Ramen in Hokkaido were born. But current ramen do not succeed to the taste of those ramen. Article is here

Salt Broth Ramen

I visited the head office around 17:00 on a national holiday. It had an atmosphere such as a typical ramen restraunt. No customers came. I sat a table seat, and read a menu. Recommendation of the ramen restaurant was the Salt Broth Ramen (塩ラーメン). I ordered it. The price was JPY 820.

About 5 minutes later, the Salt Broth Ramen was served. While I was waiting for the ramen, 5 groups of customers came to the ramen restraunt in succession. I thought that the Santoka head office was really popular after all. A roasted Pork Fillet, bamboo Shoots, a cloud ear mushroom, a kamaboko with spiral whirlpool-like pattern, green onions and a small Japanese ume were on noodles. I hear that the idea of the Salt Broth Ramen comes from a slim fair skinned woman with thick-color lipsticks. A small Japanese ume only on the Salt Broth Ramen stands out in milky white soup, and I think that it is beautiful color combination.

I had a sip of the soup immediately. The pork broth soup was light taste, but it had Umami, and was tasty. he noodles made by Kato Ramen (加藤ラーメン) went well with the soup. It was also delicious! I savored the real taste of the ramen that world people want to eat. Thanks for the tasty ramen!

Salt Broth Ramen and Atmosphere of Ramen Restaurant Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Salt Broth Ramen

Parking lot	Parking is not provided
Business hours	11:00-22:00
Regular closing day	Open year all round
Telephone number	+81-166-25-3401
Home page	Home page is here
Mapcode	79 343 439*47