Nippon Ramen Rin Tokyo (ニッポン ラーメン 凛 トウキョウ) is a ramen shop inside the gates of JR Tokyo Station, which means it is easily accessible for all people traveling through Tokyo station with local JR trains or with the Shinkansen. The clear advantage of this shop is that you don’t have to leave the gates of the JR station, which can potentially save you quite some money, if you are only transferring at Tokyo station.
The ramen shop is part of the Gransta shopping area, which offers a variety of shops and restaurants. Nippon Ramen Rin itself is situated near the Yaesu Central exit at basement level.
The shop offers a variety of ramen, but their shoyu ramen is clearly the most popular here and I recommend that you also go for it, if you make a visit to Nippon Ramen Rin.
The soup is made with a light chicken broth, that is fragrant but not too heavy, ideal if you still have some travel ahead of you. The soy sauce seasoning is elegant and decadent, but not overpowering. I really liked the seasoning here, a well balanced soy sauce flavor that is probably made with a mix of soy sauces.
The noodles are a clear highlight for me, perfectly matched to the delicate soup. They have a really good bite and slurp, overall really enjoyable to eat.
On the topping side, you can see some quite uncommon menegi, some menma and a huge slice of chashu floating on top of the noodles. The additional egg is served on the side. While the egg was a pleasant surprise, I found the chashu to be the weakest point of the bowl. It was basically falling apart from the moment you picked it up. Not sure why they did not go for something more elevated for their chashu, because their current choice was a poor pick and not well executed in my eyes.
Nippon Ramen Rin Tokyo is apparently produced by the same people as Japanese Ramen Noodle Lab Q in Sapporo. So if you like the one in Tokyo, you might want to give the other one in Sapporo a try as well, if you find yourself in both cities at some point.
Find Nippon Ramen Rin (ニッポン ラーメン 凛 トウキョウ) on Google Maps:
► https://goo.gl/maps/ja6vLkP6aV3WoNcN6?coh=178573&entry=tt
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An incredible maze that station. great option I’d never seen before.