Rich Taste Miso Ramen -Junren Head Office in Sapporo--

Sapporo Junren Head Office (さっぽろ純連本店) is a popular ramen restraunt in Hiragishi, Toyohira ward, Sapporo city. The nearest station is Sumikawa Subway Station and customers need to walk a little from the station. This ramen restraunt's miso ramen has a long history. It was founded in 1964. I ate the Sumire's (すみれ) miso ramen yesterday and visited to eat the Junren's miso ramen. Mrs. Akiko Muranaka is a founder, and her eldest son opened Junren and her third son opened Sumire, famous ramen restraunt. Collectively, they are called Junsumi-kei type (純すみ系). There are a parking lot in front of a building and on the opposite side of a road, and the third parking lot seems to be provided.

I visited here around 13:00 on weekdays. The ramen restraunt was almost full and there were few counter seats. I bought a meal ticket of miso ramen (味噌ラーメン) via a ticket vendor. The price was JPY 820. I sat at the counter seat, and approximately 15 minutes later, the miso ramen was served. While wainig for the ramen, many customers came to the ramen restraunt one after another. They queued up. They are really popular.

I ate a sip of soup at once. It tasted rich salty-sweet and was fatty soup, and it tasted a little ginger. But this soup was more mild than Sumire's soup, and it will probably be affected by amount of fat. They inherited their mother's ramen, and each ramen will probably continue to evolve. Noodles were egg noodles made by Morizumi Noodles Factory and were length of approximately 15 cm, too. Ingredients were chopped roasted pork fillets, fried bean sprouts and ground meat, bamboo shoots, green oinons. Junren's special characteristic is that there are more chopped roasted pork fillets than Sumire. At last I drunk up the soup, unfortunately nothing were written on the bottom of the ramen bowl.

Junren's miso ramen is found on Amazon.

Miso Ramen and Atmosphere of Ramen Restaurant Can Be Watched on Youtube

Movie of Miso Ramen

A page of Sapporo foods and onsen is here