If there’s one thing you always need in a chilly Japan winter, it’s ramen. This week Lucky Peach posted a great little article on the regional ramen types of Japan, which is a neat guide to what goes into these different specialty flavors. Each of the types has a little discussion about the base broth, toppings, some of the history, and even includes mention of the famous shops to eat it at!
Photo by mapp :: tokyo
So check out the original article and go wild, foodies! Happy Friday!
What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 
And this article was going so well until this:
“Let’s hope the town escapes the ill effects of the nuclear meltdown at the not-far-enough-away Fukushima reactor.”
Weirdly, though, the next entry, Shirakawa, escapes the same snarky prejudice, despite being substantially closer to the reactor.
Yuck! Did not see that commentary.