Ibaraki Stamina Ramen Sohonke Matsugoro
茨城スタミナラーメン総本家 松五郎
The head shop of Ibaraki's soul food, Stamina Ramen. Thick noodles are topped with a sweet-spicy sauce of pork liver, pumpkin and cabbage, and the cold version is the classic.
Stamina Ramen was created in the 1960s by the previous owner for students near Katsuta Station. This shop is known as the head family (sohonke). It moved to its current location in Hakamatsuka in 2019 and drew long lines from its first day. The signature Stamina Hiyashi is brothless cold noodles topped with a hot sauce of stir-fried pork liver, pumpkin, cabbage, carrot and green onion in a sweet-spicy glaze. The hot version, with a soy broth, was developed by the current owner. The pork liver has no gamy taste, so even people who dislike liver can enjoy it. A bowl costs about 900-950 yen, and you can add an extra half portion of noodles. There are about 25 seats and 20 parking spaces. It is about a 1-minute walk from the Ibaraki Kotsu bus stop Mogakko-mae (School for the Blind).
Opening hours
11:00-14:30, 17:30-20:00 (last orders 10 minutes before closing); closed Mondays and the third Tuesday of the month. Open on holidays, with the next day off instead.
Nearby sights
- Mito Hachiman-gū
- Ibaraki Prefectural Museum of History
- Tokiwa Shrine
- Art Tower Mito
- Kairaku-en
- Tokugawa Museum
- Lake Senba
- Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki