026 Yamachan Ramen, Nagasaki Champon, and the Ringer Hut story with Hideyuki Yamashita-san
Honored to sit down with Hideyuki Yamashita-san, founder of Yamachan Ramen and a Ramen veteran with over 40 years of experience. Yamashita-san shares the history of Nagasaki Champon, a style first served in 1907 at a shop called Shikairou. Learn how a chain called Ringer Hut took this style and made it famous across Japan. Hear about Yamashita-san's start in Ringer Hut Japan, and the journey to bring this chain to the US. We learn how Yamashita-san pivoted from Ringer Hut to his own ...