Goechan Ramen – High Quality Fresh Ramen In Kanazawa!

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Goechan Ramen – ごえちゃんらーめん *Cash Only*

2 Chome-4 Arimatsu, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 921-8161, Japan

Hours (as of 2026/01): Everyday except Thursday and Sunday 11am-3pm

Order system: Ticket Machine

Goechan ramen is a local favourite in Kanazawa, but the only detriment to it is that the location is not the best…

If you have a car it is really easy to get to, and they even have a few parking spots in front of the place, but otherwise you are left with a bus or an hour walk from Kanazawa station…

But regardless of your means of transportation I think that Goechan is worth coming to!

They have a really simple menu, serving only soy sauce ramen, soy sauce ramen with raw ginger, tan-tan noodles (Japan’s version of dan-dan noodles but way less spicy) and ramen with just broth and noodles, no toppings.

They also have a raw egg topping, extra chashu pork, and a bowl of rice you can order.

When you enter they have a tiny little ticket machine with a picture next to each type of ramen so it makes it easy to order and you can choose your size from normal to large (they also have the amount of noodles for each size on the ticket machine as well).

The picture I have included is from the beginning of 2024 so the prices may have gone up, but at the time, a normal bowl was only 600-650 yen and a large bowl only 800 yen. Yeah, it’s just insane thinking about it.

But as for the restaurant’s interior, there were two counter like areas, with one more bar type seating on the left, and the other to the right which was a lower, longer type counter kind of thing.

Regardless, it was surprisingly spacious inside, but there were no tables, so try to be as courteous as you can if going in with a party of more than 2.

The ramen itself was extremely good. I ordered both the soy sauce ramen and tan-tan ramen in a small order and I found it quite easy to eat by myself (both of them combined are large I assume).

The soy sauce broth was super rich and filled with umami. I am not the biggest fan of soy sauce ramen usually, but this was very good. What is unique is that they put fresh radish sprouts in it. These are likely bought fresh every day, and while they don’t have a ton of taste, it was nice with a bit of a crunchy sensation while eating a generally non-crunchy dish.

The chashu was also excellent and had no fatty parts to it – completely tender.

As for the tan-tan noodles, it was the perfect balance of a little bit of spice and a creamy broth.

I heard before that the Japanese don’t handle spice very well and this is why when they make their own versions of traditional Chinese dishes they tone it down a bit, and this is an example of that (assuming it’s true).

The noodles stayed the same, but they took out the chashu and instead replaced it with bits of ground beef.

They also added in what I think is salad greens? Lol, I don’t know but again, it was nice to have a bit of a flavour contrast in the strong soup and light taste of vegetables.

It was also for this bowl of ramen that I ordered a bowl of rice to have with it, because instead of just scooping out the beef and eating it as it, I thought having it paired with rice would be much more enjoyable (which it was).

Overall, Goechan is a really good ramen shop and loved by ramen fanatics nation-wide. If you have the chance to go I would highly recommend it.