The roots of the "Yokohama Iekei" ramen

The ramen shop “Gensen”  in Totsuka,Yokohama is located next to music club my band was appeared last Saturday.The taste is so-called the “Yokohama Iekei” that soup stock from Tonkotsu is very rich and deep taste. “Tonkotsu” is well known in Japan that means soup stock extracted from pig bone,and said originated from a ramen shop in Kurume,Kyushu.It seems that The first maker of Tonkotsu Ramen was the ramen shop in Kurume named  “Nankin-Senryo” operated with stall around 1937.It seemed that It was not like now cloudiness soup,It was clear soup.Devising white cloudy and rich soup like now was the ramen shop “San-Kyu” and the thing was  in 1947 that was after World War 2.Afterwards the Tonkotsu Ramen was spread all of Japan. The Yokohama Iekei ramen was think out by Mr.Minoru Yoshimura in 1974 who is the manager of famous ramen shop the Yoshimura-ya in Yokohama when he was long haul track driver. He have ate  various food all over Japan because he was a driver ,and one day he thought maybe if mixing Tonkotsu soup stock and Tokyo soy-source might be very delicious.And he has helped the ramen shop near the Track Terminal in Heiwajima,Tokyo among half year,afterwards He opened the Yoshimuraya in Shinsugita ,Yokohama.Afterwards,The shop was moved to current shop Near Yokohama station in 1999.Even now,you need to wait around 1 hour to line up if you will go to there on weekend night.Many of Yokohama Iekei ramen shop’s name include ‘Ie’ kanji means house ,and how to read is ‘Ya’.For example, ‘Yoshimura-ya’,’Rokkaku-Ya’,’Honmoku-Ya’,and etc.I don’t know why,It deemes that many of shops following Yoshimura-Ya were named ”Somehow Ya" so someday people have said  ‘Yokohama-Iekei’.

Let's return to the topic of "Gensen".
Actually, There is another type of "Yokohama Iekei".It is the stream that is originated from "Ichiroku-Ya".I will write the topic about "Ichiroku-Ya" on other chance  as it is likely to be long.

I ordered spicy ramen "Akamiso chashumen".It was very spicy and rich but easy to eat and I felt a little sweet.It was very tasty.