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is a Japanese noodle soup dish. It consists of Chinese-style wheat noodles served in a meat- or (occasionally) fish-based broth, often flavored with soy sauce or miso, and uses toppings such as , , ''kamaboko'', and green onions. Nearly every region in Japan has its own variation of ramen, from the ''tonkotsu'' (pork bone broth) ramen of Kyushu to the ''miso'' ramen of Hokkaido.〔(大辞林（Yahoo!辞書） )、(大辞泉（goo辞書） )、(日本大百科全書（Yahoo!百科事典） ) の「ラーメン」項より。〕〔石神秀幸『ラーメンの真髄』、ベスト新書、KKベストセラーズ、2007年、ISBN 978-4-584-12154-2〕 ==History== The origin of ramen is unclear. Some sources say it is of Chinese origin.〔 Other sources say it was invented in Japan in the early 20th century. The name ''ramen'' is the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese ''lamian'' (拉麺). Until the 1950s, ramen was called ''shina soba'' (支那そば, literally "Chinese soba") but today ''chūka soba'' (中華そば, also meaning "Chinese soba") or just ''Ramen'' (ラーメン) are more common, as the word "支那" (''shina'', meaning "China") has acquired a pejorative connotation. By 1900, restaurants serving Chinese cuisine from Canton and Shanghai offered a simple ramen dish of noodles (cut rather than hand pulled), a few toppings, and a broth flavored with salt and pork bones. Many Chinese living in Japan also pulled portable food stalls, selling ramen and gyōza dumplings to workers. By the mid 1900s, these stalls used a type of a musical horn called a ''charumera'' (チャルメラ, from the Portuguese ''charamela'') to advertise their presence, a practice some vendors still retain via a loudspeaker and a looped recording. By the early Shōwa period, ramen had become a popular dish when eating out. According to ramen expert Hiroshi Osaki, the first specialized ramen shop opened in Yokohama in 1910.〔NHK World. ''Japanology Plus: Ramen''. 2014. Accessed 2015-03-08.〕 After World War II, cheap flour imported from the United States swept the Japanese market. At the same time, millions of Japanese troops had returned from China and continental East Asia from their posts in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Many of these returnees had become familiar with Chinese cuisine and subsequently set up Chinese restaurants across Japan. Eating ramen, while popular, was still a special occasion that required going out. In 1958, instant noodles were invented by Momofuku Ando, the Taiwanese-Japanese founder and chairman of Nissin Foods, now run by his son Koki Ando. Named the greatest Japanese invention of the 20th century in a Japanese poll,〔 BBC News〕 instant ramen allowed anyone to make an approximation to this dish simply by adding boiling water. Beginning in the 1980s, ramen became a Japanese cultural icon and was studied around the world from many perspectives. At the same time, local varieties of ramen were hitting the national market and could even be ordered by their regional names. A ramen museum opened in Yokohama in 1994.〔''Japanorama'', Series 3, Episode 4. ''BBC Three'', 9 April 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ramen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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