![Is a snow day the perfect day to beat the crowds at a popular ramen restaurant? [Experiment]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/sr-2-1.jpg?w=640 "Is a snow day the perfect day to beat the crowds at a popular ramen restaurant? [Experiment]")
Restaurant known for numbingly spicy ramen and intimidatingly long lines lures us out in the Tokyo snow.
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![Blowfish-shaped fugu bento appears to celebrate Japan’s Blowfish Day [Taste test]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/fb-4.jpg?w=640 "Blowfish-shaped fugu bento appears to celebrate Japan’s Blowfish Day [Taste test]")
![Cup Noodle maker Nissin teams up with thick-broth ramen chain for instant ramen rice[Taste test]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/tk-1.jpg?w=640 "Cup Noodle maker Nissin teams up with thick-broth ramen chain for instant ramen rice[Taste test]")
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