Vegan VISAI RAMEN, a new vegan ramen specialty shop, opens in Takayama City, Gifu Prefecture, on August 1, offering two signature ramens and three course menus built around plant-based ingredients, with vegan certification planned for the future.
To celebrate its 2nd anniversary, Tokyo ramen shop Menya NOBUNAGA is holding a festival at its Kyobashi, Kayabacho, and Tsukiji locations on August 7 and 8, 2026, giving free topping and free ramen tickets to a total of 450 guests who order ramen during the event.
Wabiya Korekido in Kyoto's Gion Hanamikoji, known for its stone-grilled oyakodon lunch, introduces a lunch-only summer dish featuring chilled noodles in a chicken broth finished with a refreshing sudachi citrus sorbet.
Li Fang, the Chinese restaurant at Biwako Otsu Prince Hotel, is holding a "Chilled Chinese Cuisine Fair" through August 31, 2026, offering reimagined cold dishes such as chicken broth shaved-ice fried rice, black vinegar sweet and sour pork, and chilled shrimp in chili sauce.
A limited-time "Summer Vegetables" fair brings colorful, seasonal dishes to the onboard restaurants of Shin Nihonkai Ferry vessels from July 13 to August 30, 2026.
Nongshim Japan's Shin Ramyun pop-up store "SPICY HAPPINESS IN summer!" opens at the AOSHIRO RESORT beach house on Enoshima's Katase Nishihama Beach from July 11 to September 13, featuring six original Shin Ramyun menu items and a Han River ramen experience, plus a free-tasting opening event from July 18 to 20.