Ramen Japan

    AFURI Ramen in Japan: The Original and Its Shops Abroad

    阿夫利 · started in Kanagawa and Tokyo

    Where to start in Japan: AFURI Ebisu, Tokyo. More AFURI shops below

    Where it started

    AFURI takes its name from Mount Oyama in Kanagawa, also called Mount Afuri, whose water it first used for its soup. It started as Zund-Bar, opened in 2001 at the foot of the mountain in Atsugi. AFURI Ebisu followed in 2003 as the first Tokyo shop, with an open kitchen and counter seats.

    The style

    A clear, light soup of domestic chicken and seafood, best known as yuzu shio ramen: salt-seasoned broth finished with yuzu citrus, served with charcoal-grilled pork.

    AFURI makes its soups and tare at a central kitchen in Kiyokawa, a village near the mountain, and each shop finishes the bowls.

    AFURI outside Japan

    Portland, Oregon, got the first AFURI outside Japan in 2016.

    • United States

      New York: Manhattan, New York: Brooklyn, Los Angeles: Arts District, Culver City, Costa Mesa, Portland, Houston

    • Canada

      Toronto

    • Hong Kong

      Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui

    From the sources below, checked 2026-10-27. Branches open and close, so check the AFURI official site (Japan) before you go.

    Eating AFURI in Japan

    AFURI Ebisu, the first Tokyo shop, reopened after a renewal in 2019 and is the one to visit for the original.

    Japan also has AFURI Karakurenai, a spicy line with its own shops in Shinjuku and Harajuku, which you won't find on the overseas list.

    In Hokkaido there is an AFURI ramen and dumpling shop in Niseko, opened in 2022.

    AFURI shops on Japan Ramen Guide

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