Kipposhi Ramen 拉麵吉法師 (Tokyo, JAPAN) ★★★☆☆

I promised my ramen-loving son back in August that we would bring him to Kipposhi Ramen (拉麵吉法師) for their signature blue ramen (藍色拉麵) but with our super tight schedule in Tokyo, we never got the chance to do so. Four months later, I finally kept that promise just ahead of 2024.



Kipposhi is located just a few steps from Shibuya's newest attraction, Miyashita Park but it's not the easiest place to locate even with your Google Map (more on that later). We got in just after 6pm and managed to get ourselves a table without problem.

As it turned out, Kipposhi is not a one-trick pony. Apart from their now-famous "Blue Ramen", they also have a green, red and yellow ramen ready to be served!

Clear chicken soup “Blue” (雞清湯 青) – This was what we came here for, their highly coveted blue ramen! I previously read about how they turned the clear chicken soup into blue color; and the secret recipe was some sort of seaweed. But apparently not according to their English menu. Here they mentioned that the blue color actually came from a type of blue salt.

I thought the chicken broth was pretty light in flavors and unlike a typical chicken paitan ramen (鶏白湯), the noodles were not really sticking to the broth much.  

The soft-boiled egg was pretty nice.

The roasted chicken fillet was fairly tender.

Clear chicken soup “muscat” (雞清湯 白葡萄) – The green version of clear chicken soup ramen was infused with muscat juice and thus the green color. It came with more or less the same ingredients; but I thought the broth had some fruity notes added to it (a tiny bit of sweetness and acidity).

Little nugget was so happy to finally check this one off his list.

Back to the location of Kipposhi, it's situated inside this building on the mezzanine floor. The easiest way is to first locate the 7-11 store on the ground floor.

Miyashita Park is more than just a park obviously and there are some really hip boutiques out there. I was fortunate enough to squeeze out some precious time for some window shopping before our ramen dinner. That took some seriously effective time management!

Food Rating: 5.5/10

Price: ￥￥￥

Address: Daines Ichibankan Shibuya 102, 1-11-5 Jinnan, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 105-0041, Japan

Closest Metro Station: Shibuya

Tel: +81 3-6712-7285

Opening Hours: 12:00pm - 3:00pm, 6:00pm - 9:00pm (Thu - Tue)