Chīzu Rāmen-no-mise Karin

Hokkaidō


Testing the adage that everything is better with cheese, Karin adds local Furano cheese to its ramen. Whether that sounds amazing or awful, you know you have to try it! It's in a nondescript brown-and-white building (look for the red curtain) a few minutes' walk southwest of JR Furano Station. The elderly owners will be ecstatic to greet you.


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