A non-alcoholic beer-taste drink made to go with ramen, "Shugyoku no Ippai" (珠玉の一杯), goes on sale nationwide in limited quantities on December 22, 2026. It was developed in collaboration with ramen YouTuber SUSURU and contains 0.00% alcohol.
Kobe Beef Yakiniku Touma in Yokohama will begin serving the lunch-only "Special White Taiwan Ramen" on October 12, 2026, a spice-free second collaboration dish with Michelin-starred Chef Nishimura.
Sea bream salt ramen brand Taishio Soba Toka opens a new branch in the Torie Keio Chofu shopping complex in Chofu, Tokyo, on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
A new Jiro-inspired ramen shop, Ramen So Chikyu Kibo de Kangaero San, opens in Kawaramachi, Kyoto on October 3, 2026 — the Jiro-inspired ramen brand's first new location in about a decade, run by Zenmashi Co., Ltd., a Kyoto-based group company of THAN Inc.
Kappa Sushi is teaming up with Nongshim Japan's Shin Ramyun for the first time, launching a three-item "Seafood Shin Ramyun With Sea Bream Broth" series made with soup stock from freshly cut red sea bream, available at all Kappa Sushi locations from September 17 to December 9, 2026.
From October 1, 2026 through February 15, 2027, Shinagawa Prince Hotel celebrates the 40th anniversary of Chibi Maruko-chan's original manga with its first Chinese cuisine collaboration, offering a character-themed afternoon tea, lunch set, and ramen at Chinese Restaurant Shinagawa Daihanten, plus flower-shaped breads at Boulangerie Shinagawa, along with a stamp rally and limited stickers.