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Ramen　ラーメンは日本食？

The origin of Ramen is not clear but it is one of my favorite Japanese foods. Japanese people like to eat many different kinds of noodles, such as Soba noodles, Udon, and rice noodles, etc. I like to eat Nissin Top instant ramen which has chicken, beef, shrimp, or oriental flavors, etc...

日本食って改めて考えてみると、うどん、そば、やきそば、ラーメン、ビーフンなど麺類を頻繁にたべていますよね。種類もたくさんあり、しかも、それぞれの味が全然違って日本食というのは本当にバラエティに富んでいるんだなぁと思いました。

Here in Japan, you can eat more tasty ramen noodles. There are more than 30,000 ramen shops in Japan where you can enjoy really good local ramen shops. However, if you want to eat more authentic ramen noodles, then you should visit more specific cities such as Fukuoka or Hokkaido where they are famous for ramen.

その中でもラーメンというのは日本の食文化の特徴的なものです。もともとは中国からのものなのかもしれないですが、全国には30000店以上のラーメン店があるんだから、こりゃあもう日本食と言って間違いないでしょうｗ

Fukuoka is famous for Tonkotsu (pork soup stock) ramens. Hokkaido is famous for Miso soup ramens. City to city and shop to shop, the taste is different. You can choose from Shoyu (Soy sauce based soup), Tonkotsu (pork soup stock), Shio (salt based soup), and Miso based soup, etc.

福岡といえば豚骨ラーメン、北海道といえば味噌ラーメンと、地方地方で有名なラーメンがありますが、アメリカなんかではカリフォルニアに行けばハリウッドバーガー、ラスベガスにいけばカジノバーガーなんてものはないし、そのエリアエリアで有名な食べ物っていうものはあまりないように感じます。

Also, you can enjoy the different tastes of Shoyu (soy sauce based) ramen between east Japan and west Japan. People who live in the east side of Japan seem to like stronger tasting soup where as people in the west like it with a weaker taste.

皆さんが住んでいる地元にも美味しい行きつけのラーメン屋があると思いますが、せっかく福岡の博多に行くのなら博多ラーメン、札幌に行ったら札幌ラーメンの有名店を訪れたいですよね。
みなさんのおすすめのラーメン店、「この県に行ったらここにいけ！」みたいなのがあったら教えてください！

Of course, you can go to a franchise ramen shop and you can enjoy the same taste wherever you go in Japan, but it is one of my pleasures to visit a private ramen shop which is locally very popular . I hope you enjoy not only Sushi, but also Ramen noodle when you come to visit Japan.

愛知県豊川市のとんこつラーメン
Tonkotsu ramen in Aichi prefecture
(Fukuoka is the No.1 Tonkotsu Ramen city though)

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bosozoku　暴走族は日本だけ？

In Japan, late at night you sometimes hear their motorcycles roaring obnoxiously down the street, often accompanied with weird loud music blairing away. These guys are known as "bosozoku", which means motorcycle gangs. They usually ride custom modified bikes, sometimes with ridiculously tall seats or oversized bugshields. Their age range is normally 14-20 years old. This is a unique subculture of Japan, which I've seen featured in a few movies as well.

僕の友人が日本に来て、暴走族のバイク音にまいっているようだ。
そもそも、暴走族ってなんで騒音を立てて走っているんだろうか？
これって日本特有のもので、海外で暴走族って聞いたことないなぁ。

The young gangs like to be loud, ignore traffic signals, and enjoy running away from police. They have learned over time that the police do not use their guns against them while chasing. It is said that the police fear being accused of killing such a young person, so instead they just continue to chase them and yell out them over loud speakers. To avoid being identified on police video and tracked down later, the gangs bend the license plate on their bikes where they are unable to be read.

It seems that some of the younger Japanese have a need to show their rebellion against society by doing these type of things. Maybe they just enjoy the risk of being caught by the police. Some of them eventually grow out of this phase. For others though...maybe that's a topic for a different article.

よくテレビの「警視庁24時」なんか見てると、警察を挑発したりしているけど、アメリカなんかでこんなことしてたら、みんな即、銃で撃たれてたりするのかな(笑)　ルールを破ることや、社会への反感など様々な理由はあるとして、それが、どうして騒音を立ててバイクを走らせることになるんだろう？　グループで行動するっていうのがやっぱり日本人特有の文化なんだろうね。

今じゃ、「マイルドヤンキー」なんて言葉もあって、地元で家族や友人との絆を大切にして平穏な日々を過ごすのが目的の若者たちがいるようだが、この暴走族とはまた別の世界で生きていくんだろうね。日本の現代文化は移り変わりも激しいが、やはり奥深くて面白い。

Is there anything similar or comparable to this type of subculture in your own country? Please feel free to leave comments below.