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The original was posted on /r/japanlife by /u/fdokinawa on 2023-10-05 01:53:32.

Saw this on the news the other day. Looks like bankruptcies in ramen restaurants is up 3.5% over last year. Rising energy costs along with the inability to raise prices past 1,000 yen due to customer expectations of “cheap, but good” ramen is causing some to close down.

Not sure what can be done about this as we all know how the Japanese feel about price changes. Only thing I can think is to tell your favorite local ramen restaurant that you are willing to pay more rather then have them shut down.

The news report also said that people were willing to pay more for pasta dishes vs Japanese ramen because “Ramen is a local food and should be cheap. Where pasta is imported and therefore more expensive.”. The view that Italian spaghetti should be more expensive than ramen is just crazy to me. Guess I should go open a pasta restaurant.

Support your local Ramen restaurants!