Is There Still Michelin Star Ramen in Tokyo?

Updated October 9, 2026 · Star counts and prices checked October 2026

No. No ramen shop in Tokyo, or anywhere in the world, holds a Michelin star today. The last three, Nakiryu, Konjiki Hototogisu and Chukasoba Ginza Hachigou, lost theirs in the 2024 Tokyo guide, published in December 2023. Fifteen Tokyo ramen shops are Bib Gourmands instead, and the cheapest starred meal in the city costs ¥5,060 (about $30).

For eight years Tokyo had Michelin star ramen, and it is still one of the most searched questions about the city’s food. Below: which shops held a star and when, the ramen the MICHELIN Guide recommends now, and the cheapest way to eat at a starred restaurant in Tokyo instead. Checked against the MICHELIN Guide in October 2026.

Tokyo’s Michelin star ramen, 2015 to 2023

• Tsuta, then in Sugamo, became the first ramen shop to win a Michelin star, in the Tokyo guide published in December 2015, for its shoyu soba with truffle oil. It moved to Yoyogi-Uehara in 2019 and was not in the next guide. Its founder, Yuki Onishi, died in 2022.
• Nakiryu in Ōtsuka won a star in the following year’s guide for its dan dan noodles and soy-sauce ramen.
• Konjiki Hototogisu won a star in late 2018 for its noodles in a clam-based broth.
• Chukasoba Ginza Hachigou, where a chef trained in French kitchens builds the broth like a consommé, held a star in the 2022 and 2023 guides.

The 2024 Tokyo guide took the stars away from all three remaining shops, without saying why; the MICHELIN Guide never explains individual decisions. Nakiryu and Ginza Hachigou moved to the Bib Gourmand list. Konjiki Hototogisu’s Tokyo shop is no longer in the guide, though its branch in Dubai is a Bib Gourmand. No other ramen shop in the world has a star: the noodle restaurants that do are Hill Street Tai Hwa in Singapore and Ho Hung Kee in Hong Kong (see the cheapest Michelin star meals in the world).

Michelin-recommended ramen in Tokyo now

The Bib Gourmand is the MICHELIN Guide’s award for good food at a moderate price. It isn’t a star (see Bib Gourmand vs Michelin star), but for ramen it is the guide’s whole verdict. Six of the 15 ramen Bib Gourmands in the current Tokyo guide:

• Sosakumenkobo Nakiryu, Toshima: the former one-star, run by a couple, with dan dan noodles worth the queue.
• Chukasoba Ginza Hachigou, Chūō: the former one-star, a clear, sauce-free broth built like French stock.
• Yakumo, Meguro: wonton ramen with two kinds of wonton, pork with ginger and shrimp.
• Ginza Haru Chan Ramen, Chūō: shio ramen in a clear pork and dried-sardine broth.
• Japanese Ramen Gokan, Toshima: ramen made to engage all five senses, as the name promises.
• Ramen Matsui, Shinjuku: a husband-and-wife counter with soy, salt and dried-fish broths.

Ramen shops rarely take bookings: at many you buy a ticket from a machine by the door, queue and sit at the counter when called. A bowl at any of them usually costs less than ¥2,000.

The cheapest Michelin star meals in Tokyo

Tokyo has 156 starred restaurants, more than any other city. The cheapest starred meal is at Nodaiwa Azabu Iikura Honten: unaju (grilled eel on rice), for ¥5,060 (about $30). After it come weekday lunch courses at French and Japanese restaurants, from ¥6,500 (about $40) at L'ATELIER de Joël Robuchon. Prices in Japan usually include tax; some restaurants add a service charge.

Stars from the current MICHELIN Guide editions (2026 or the latest before it). Each price is the cheapest meal we list for the restaurant, lunch or dinner, per person in local currency before service and drinks, ranked by its value in US dollars at recent exchange rates. “À la carte” is the price of a main course or a typical dish, “typical spend” what a meal usually comes to. Mainland China’s typical spends are left out. Last checked October 2026.

For a starred lunch with a counter or tablecloth rather than a queue, book ahead: Tokyo’s starred restaurants fill weeks in advance, and many take bookings only through their own websites or a booking service. Our Tokyo page lists every starred restaurant with its lunch and dinner prices. The next Tokyo guide is due in February 2027, when this page will be checked again.