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Ramen - Japan's favourite slurpy noodles

Ramen noodles: Ramen and dumplings on the bar at a restaurant in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Ramen and dumplings on the bar at a restaurant in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan Photograph: Digital Vision/Getty Images
Ramen noodles: A bust of instant noodle inventor Momofuku Ando in Osaka, Japan
A bust of instant noodle inventor Momofuku Ando at the Nissin Instant Ramen Museum in Osaka, Japan Photograph: Robert Gilhooly/Alamy
Ramen noodles: Eating ramen noodles in a ramen restaurant, Fukuoka city, Japan
Eating ramen noodles in a ramen restaurant, a speciality of Fukuoka city, Japan Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Alamy
Ramen noodles: An automated ticket dispenser at a ramen noodle restaurant in Tokyo
An automated ticket dispenser at a ramen noodle restaurant in Tokyo. The customer chooses a set meal from the dispenser and then buys a ticket Photograph: James Leynse/Getty
Ramen noodles: Nissin Ramen museum
Visitors order toppings for their original instant noodles inside cup noodle maker Nissin's ramen (noodle) museum in Osaka, Japan Photograph: Robert Gilhooly/Alamy
Ramen noodles: RAMEN NOODLE MUSEUM, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.
1950's Tokyo re-created at Shin Yokohama Ramen Museum Photograph: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Alamy
Ramen noodles: A poster for Juzo Itami's 1985 'noodle western', Tampopo
A poster for Juzo Itami's 1985 'noodle western', Tampopo Photograph: The Ronald Grant Archive
Ramen noodles: Noodle restaurant in Ramen Alley in Sapporo, Japan
Noodle restaurant in Ramen Alley in Sapporo, Japan Photograph: Bill Bachman / Alamy/Alamy
Ramen noodles: Ramen Shop Counter
A ramen restaurant counter in Japan Photograph: Stephane Camus/Alamy
Ramen noodles: A man sits at a Ramen noodle restaurant in Tokyo Japan
A man sits at a Ramen noodle restaurant in Tokyo, Japan Photograph: Eightfish/Alamy
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