Halal Gourmet Japan lists 107 ramen restaurants (as of November 2026). This guide covers the ones whose listing pages show their halal arrangements. We start with two chains that have restaurants across Japan, then go through Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Hokkaido and other areas. The descriptions are based on what each restaurant says on its listing page.
Our guide to ramen explains where pork and alcohol tend to be used in a bowl of ramen. Read it to see what to check before you order.
Wagyu ramen chains across Japan
We list nine HALAL WAGYU RAMEN SHINJUKU-TEI restaurants, in Tokyo, Kyoto and Sapporo. It says it wants to share a new Japanese dining experience with the world through halal-certified ramen and wagyu beef. The listings for all nine show halal certification, halal meat and halal seasonings, a pork-free menu, halal options, no alcohol, and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware. All nine also have a prayer space.
- Tokyo: Yotsuya, Shinjuku, Ginza, Shibuya, Asakusa and Ueno Park
- Kyoto: Kiyomizu and Gion
- Hokkaido: Sapporo
The first Shinjuku-tei was the Yotsuya shop.
GYUMON, which serves wagyu ramen and gyukatsu, has five restaurants in Kyoto, Nara, Kanazawa and Hiroshima. Our article on GYUMON describes each of them.
Ramen in Tokyo
Halal Ramen & Dining Honolu Ebisu, in Ebisu-minami 1-chome, is the third Honolu after Osaka and Nihonbashi in Tokyo. Along with its popular spicy ramen, it serves Japanese dishes such as sukiyaki and takoyaki. The first floor has five counter seats, and upstairs there is a tatami room for groups of up to 12. It has a prayer space, and its listing shows that it uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, does not serve alcohol, and has halal options and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
For beef noodles, head to Mazulu Halal Beef Noodle in Kanda-Jimbocho 1-chome. It has halal certification, uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, does not serve alcohol, and has halal options and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
Around Asakusa, you can eat ramen at Ayam-YA Shin-Okachimachi in Motoasakusa 3-chome and Halal Sakura in Negishi 2-chome. Both have halal certification and do not serve alcohol. Halal Sakura is Muslim-owned and has a prayer space. Our guide to Asakusa and Ueno covers more places nearby.
KUMAHACHI, in Midori 2-chome, Sumida City, uses halal meat and halal seasonings and is pork-free. It does not serve alcohol, and has halal and vegetarian options and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
For ramen without meat, there are Food Therapy Diner Chabuzen in Shimokitazawa and YOUR BIG FAMILY in Higashikurume. Chabuzen is a vegetarian and vegan restaurant serving yakuzen (dishes based on traditional food therapy), including ramen and curry. YOUR BIG FAMILY serves brown rice and vegetable dishes, and its veggie ramen, made without any animal products, is a popular choice.
Our guide to Shinjuku and Shibuya also covers ramen shops in those areas.
Ramen in Kyoto
HALAL RAMEN JAPAN Kyoto is on the 7th floor of a building in the Kiyamachi area, just off Kawaramachi-dori. Opened in May 2026, it is about a four-minute walk from Sanjo Station and right next to the Kamo River. It has halal certification and a prayer space. Its listing also shows halal meat and halal seasonings, a pork-free menu, halal options, no alcohol, and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
Ayam-YA Karasuma, near Shijo-Karasuma, is the fourth Ayam-YA shop. It has halal certification and a prayer space, and its listing shows halal meat and halal seasonings, a pork-free menu, halal options, no alcohol, and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
If you would rather make ramen than just eat it, try Ramen Factory Kyoto, a cooking class where you make your own ramen by hand. It has a prayer space, uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, does not serve alcohol, and has halal and vegetarian options and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
Ramen in Osaka
Best Halal Ramen Marhaba!, in Sennichimae 1-chome, makes its ramen without chemical seasonings, using only the natural flavor of the ingredients. It says it uses A5 halal wagyu and aged halal chicken. Its listing shows halal meat and halal seasonings, a pork-free menu, halal options and no alcohol.
At Halal Ramen Honolu, in Motomachi 2-chome, Naniwa-ku, you can choose salt-based or soy sauce-based ramen and how spicy you want it. It says all its ingredients are halal, and it also serves a chicken rice bowl and Nikko-ken halal dumplings. It has a prayer space, uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, does not serve alcohol, and has halal options and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
Ramen in Sapporo and Asahikawa
Halal Ramen YUKIMIYAKO – Wagyu & Sushi Sapporo is a halal-friendly ramen and Japanese restaurant in Susukino, Sapporo. It uses halal meat and halal seasonings, is pork-free, does not serve alcohol, and has a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
Fukunoki, in Minami 4-jo Nishi 10-chome, serves ramen built mainly around vegetables and chicken. Its shrimp dishes are the most popular. Its listing shows halal meat and halal seasonings, a pork-free menu, and halal and vegetarian options.
Ramen Sapporo ichiryuan, in Kita 4-jo Nishi 1-chome, makes its ramen with Hokkaido ingredients and homemade noodles. It is certified by Hokkaido as a “Kita no Megumi” restaurant that values local ingredients. Its listing shows halal seasonings and halal options.
The listing for Houryu, in Minami 6-jo Nishi 3-chome, shows halal meat and halal seasonings, halal options, and a dedicated halal kitchen and tableware.
In Asahikawa, Ganso Asahikawa Ramen “Ichikura” makes its soup and noodles in its own factory, so the ramen is fresh every day. For Muslim guests, it offers “Okhotsk Soy Sauce Ramen”, which brings out the flavor of seafood from the Sea of Okhotsk. It uses no chemical seasonings and cooks with rice oil instead of lard. Its listing also shows halal meat and halal seasonings, and halal and vegetarian options.
Ramen in other areas
- Nagoya: Halal Ramen Japan Nagoya Sakae in Sakae. It says the whole kitchen avoids pork, lard and alcohol. It has halal certification and a prayer space
- Nara: Naramachi Jinniyah in Minamikido-cho. It has halal certification and a prayer space
- Chiba: YOSHINO in Shinchiba 1-chome. Its listing shows halal seasonings and halal and vegetarian options
- Kagoshima: NOODLE ARTISAN KIRIN in Usuki 2-chome. Its listing shows halal meat and halal seasonings, and halal options
Restaurants with a prayer space
The following restaurants in this guide have a prayer space: all nine Shinjuku-tei restaurants, all five GYUMON restaurants, Honolu (Osaka and Ebisu), Halal Sakura, HALAL RAMEN JAPAN Kyoto, Ayam-YA Karasuma, Ramen Factory Kyoto, Halal Ramen Japan Nagoya Sakae and Naramachi Jinniyah.
To find mosques and prayer spaces nearby, see our guide to finding a mosque or prayer space in Japan.
Other ways to search
You can find all our ramen restaurants on these pages. Narrowing by prefecture makes it easier to find places near you.
Before you go
Information on our listings may change at the restaurant’s discretion. Please check menus and arrangements on the linked pages and with the restaurant on site.
Each listing page describes the restaurant’s halal arrangements (certification, ingredients, kitchen, and so on). Please read the listing and decide whether it meets your own standards. If you want to let staff know that you avoid pork and alcohol, you can show them our note in Japanese.
To wrap up
From wagyu ramen and spicy ramen to seafood soy sauce ramen and meat-free veggie ramen, Japan has halal-friendly ramen shops for whatever bowl you are craving. If you are a Muslim traveler who wants ramen on your trip, this is the guide to read first. Once you know where you are going, open the listing pages for places nearby and check their halal arrangements.
Image credits
- Featured image (chicken paitan ramen at Menya Honolu): 毒島みるく / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
This article was written by the Halal Gourmet Japan team. On Halal Gourmet Japan, you can search for halal-friendly restaurants and prayer spaces all over Japan. The service is also available as an app (iOS / Android).
After seeing his Muslim friends struggle to dine out in Japan, he founded Halal Gourmet Japan, a restaurant search service for Muslims, and has been running it for more than a decade since its launch in 2014. He also co-founded Food Diversity Inc. (formerly Halal Media Japan; he has since stepped down), and has deep expertise in halal support for restaurants and Muslim-oriented inbound tourism. Halal Gourmet Japan is one of Japan’s largest halal-friendly restaurant search services, used in more than 140 countries, introducing halal-friendly restaurants and prayer spaces across Japan in multiple languages.
