HARU CHAN Ramen began as a six-seat counter shop inside a retro office building by Shimbashi Station. In July 2024 it opened this second location behind the Kabukiza Theatre, and the menu is essentially one thing: chuka soba — old-school Japanese ramen — with a clear, salt-based soup of pork and niboshi (dried sardines) simmered in the shop every day. The MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2026 lists this Ginza shop as a Bib Gourmand.
What kind of shop is this
The original HARU CHAN Ramen opened in August 2021 in the Shimbashi Ekimae Building No. 1, run single-handedly by its owner, "Haru-chan," who spent some 20 years working in ramen shops before going independent under the concept of "a food lover's home kitchen." The shop earned a Bib Gourmand in the MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2023 and has been listed every year since.
The Ginza branch sits on the first floor of the Suzuki Building just behind the Kabukiza Theatre, steps from Higashi-ginza Station, with a slightly roomier 11-seat counter. In the MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2026, announced in September 2025, this Ginza shop was newly awarded the Bib Gourmand — Michelin's nod for quality cooking at a good value.
What to order
The signature bowl is the chuka soba (¥1,200 at opening). The clear shio soup is built on pork stock drawn from the chashu preparation, layered with niboshi and aromatic vegetables, and simmered in the shop daily. The medium-thick, flat noodles are custom-made by Shinjuku's Daruma Seimen. The chashu is never pre-sliced — it is cut to order, and its soy-based marinade carries over into the clear shio soup.
Beyond that there is the upgraded Special chuka soba (¥1,600 at opening), plus toppings of "Harutama" soft-boiled egg and first-harvest Ariake nori seaweed (¥250 each). At opening, an extra-large portion of noodles was free.
Tips for visiting
You order by buying a ticket from the vending machine at the entrance; as of a January 2025 report the machine is in Japanese only, and payment options included cash as well as credit cards, transit IC cards, and QR-code payments.
Hours were reported in January 2025 as 11:00–21:00 with no midday break and no fixed closing days, but temporary closures and limited-edition menu items are announced on the official X account (@haruchan_ginza) — check the latest posts before you go. Note that the six-seat Shimbashi original (in Minato-ku) is a separate shop; the MICHELIN Guide Tokyo 2026 listing is for this Ginza location.