On March 10th, Hirosaki's ramen shop "Misho Yazuya" (Hirosaki City Denen) began offering a limited menu "Sakura Kaoru shina buckwheat".

The same menu was made with the motif of a flower raft in Hirosaki Park. Place the bean paste on the chopped kamaboko on top of the clam soup on the homemade noodles. The base is a rice cake mixed with cherry powder so that the bean paste does not sink.

Hirosaki Park is a famous place where 2,600 cherry blossoms bloom, and you can also enjoy the scenedesmus with scattered cherry blossom petals floating on the surface of the moat. Also known as "pink carpet" or "cherry blossom soup," it is also used as a tourist poster and attracts attention on SNS. Flower raft is a spring season word that compares petals to a raft.

"Ajisho Yazuya" mainly offers dried sardines. It relocated and opened in December 2019, and was previously open in Hirosaki, but after repeated relocations with Kuroishi and Namioka, it became the first store in Hirosaki in eight years. The owner, Mr. Hirao Yagihashi, said, "The tendency of ramen to become popular in each area is different, and I started to think of ramen that suits it. I was thinking of ramen that could bring out the uniqueness of Hirosaki."

The cherry blossom petals immediately came up with the idea of using kamaboko, but he said he had a hard time developing it because he wanted the soup to be transparent. At Yazuya, we challenged the first shellfish soup stock and used clear soy sauce to express the water in the moat. “Last year, the Hirosaki Cherry Blossom Festival was canceled, and I wanted to give shape to everyone's feelings of waiting for the cherry blossoms as a ramen shop,” says Yagihashi.

Mr. Yagihashi says that he is happy to hear the appearance and voice of customers who are pleased when offering products. "There used to be a taste game, but I'd like to change it a little and focus on making ramen that is conscious of things that you can enjoy with your eyes and SNS," he smiles.

The price is 700 yen. 20 meals a day. Offer period is until Golden Week. The store is open from 10:00 to 15:00. Closed on Mondays.