One of the things the Boso Peninsula is famous for is ramen.
Katsuura-style tantanmen from the outer Boso region and Takeoka-style ramen from the inner Boso region.
While I was at Cape Futtsu the other day, I went to a famous Takeoka-style ramen restaurant.
Takeoka-style ramen is one of the most representative Uchibo gourmet foods.
One famous restaurant is the long-established Umenoya .
It was originally a fisherman's meal,
Char siu stewed in soy sauce from a famous soy sauce maker in Uchibo,
A simple ramen made with slightly thick, curly dried noodles.
The soup is a simple, pitch-black broth made by mixing the broth used to boil the noodles with the soy sauce from the roasted pork.
It looks black but it's not too salty and is very delicious.
Topped with plenty of chopped onions, it makes for an exquisite bowl of ramen.
Umenoya is a famous restaurant that you will likely come across when traveling around the Boso Peninsula.
This time, the request was made after my first child was born, so it's been over 10 years since the last time.
When I parked my car nearby and stepped outside, the clear, clean air was filled with the aroma of soy sauce.
Even though it was before noon on a weekday, the shop was crowded with customers, and it was surprising to see how popular it remains to this day.
The shop is in an old building that has a very historical feel to it.
About five middle-aged women were busily working in the small kitchen.
Takeoka-style ramen is a fisherman's meal,
I've heard that it was originally made by wives for their husbands who went out fishing.
The aroma of soy sauce and the charming scenery have remained unchanged since ancient times.
There is a sense of nostalgia and security about it.
After waiting for about 10 minutes, the ramen arrives, overflowing from the bowl.
The regular and large bowls are the same size, so the soup spills out.
The way it is delivered during Obon is still the same as it was in the past.
The taste is still the same, but it seems to be even better than before.
It's just delicious.
In a word, we had a truly wonderful meal and time.
There were no foreign tourists, as expected,
If you have come this far, I think you must be a foreigner who truly loves Japan.
Next time I go, I'll try talking to foreigners.
With that thought in mind, I headed home.
