gachi-ramen
62,144 active ramen shops across all 47 prefectures of Japan.
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What it can do
- Search Ramen: Search a nationwide Japanese ramen-shop database (62,000+ shops, all 47 prefectures) with a verifiable freshness layer: monthly source checks, closure candidates, and web-verified closur
- Get Ramen Shop: Fetch one ramen shop by its stable id (rk_000001 style) — full record incl. address, coordinates, ramen style (keito), nearest station (Japan Station Master st_xxxx id + distance), tri
- Get Ramen Changes: Monthly change feed for the ramen DB — new shops, closure candidates (missing from the monthly web source 2 consecutive checks or marked disused/closed), web-verified closures (clos
What data it sees
Do you need an account
No: the server works without sign-in
62,144 active ramen shops across all 47 prefectures of Japan. Names verified by dual-AI audit (26,975 romanization fixes). Re-verified monthly, closures web-confirmed with evidence URLs, and every response is stamped with data_as_of so you can always check exactly how current the data is. No auth, no signup — just connect and ask.
Try asking:
- "Is there a ramen shop on Iriomote Island?" (yes — two, actually)
- "Northernmost ramen shop in Japan?" (a diner literally named "Northernmost", Cape Soya, 45.5°N)
- "How many Ramen Shop franchise locations in Saitama?" (47)
- "Find tonkotsu ramen near Ebisu station"
Server tool list (3)
Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.
| search_ramen | Search a nationwide Japanese ramen-shop database (62,000+ shops, all 47 prefectures) with a verifiable freshness layer: monthly source checks, closure candidates, and web-verified closures with evidence URLs. English-first: shop names and places are searchable in Japanese OR romaji. To answer "is there a ramen shop called X?", pass q alone — it searches NATIONWIDE by name (e.g. q=一蘭 or q=ichiran, no prefecture needed). Or filter by prefecture (東京都/大阪府/〇〇県 or romaji tokyo/osaka/saitama), city (松戸市 or romaji kawaguchi), ramen style (keito), status (active/closed_candidate/closed_confirmed), or search near a coordinate (lat/lng + radius up to 5 km). Facts only — no rankings, no reviews. Payment/midnight fields are tri-state (true/false/null=unknown). |
| get_ramen_shop | Fetch one ramen shop by its stable id (rk_000001 style) — full record incl. address, coordinates, ramen style (keito), nearest station (Japan Station Master st_xxxx id + distance), tri-state payment facts, and the freshness block (first_seen/last_seen/status/closure evidence URL). No id? Pass name + pref instead and the best match is returned. |
| get_ramen_changes | Monthly change feed for the ramen DB — new shops, closure candidates (missing from the monthly web source 2 consecutive checks or marked disused/closed), web-verified closures (closed_confirmed, with evidence URL) and reopenings. This is the freshness signal you cannot cache: poll it to keep a local copy honest. Optional since (YYYY-MM-DD) returns only events on/after that date. |