Sapporo ramen timeline
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Sapporo ramen timeline
Pre-war ramen
Year | Japanese era | Ramen history | Sapporo, Hokkaido history | Japan history |
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1923 | 12th year Taisho | Chinese restaurant "Takeya" opens in Sapporo. Ramen by Chinese chef Wencai Wang was sold. | Takeo Arishima commits suicide in Karuizawa | Great Kanto Eartquake |
1929 | 4th year Showa | Wencai Wang enters in the kitchen of "Matsushimaya Parlor" and proposes ramen in the menu. | Typhoon struck Sapporo area, killing 83 people | |
1930 | 5th year Showa | Wencai Wang begins to sell the noodles in cafes and tearooms. The coffee shop "Obo-chan" in Tanukikoji serves ramen for 15 yen. | First edition of International Miyasama Ski Games | World Depression affects Japan (-1932) |
1937 | 12th year Showa | Sapporo-Tokyo regular air routes opened | Second Sino-Japanese war begins | |
1939 | 14th year Showa | Launched Yukijirushi Margarine across the country | World War II begins | |
1941 | 16th year Showa | *The ramen disappears when the Pacific War get harder and rations begin | War victory effort national convention gathers in Sapporo 30.000 visitors. | Pacific war begins |
1944 | 19th year Showa | Mount Showa Shinzan is formed | Battle of Saipan | |
1945 | 20th year Showa | Us garrison build up | Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki mark the end of the Pacific war |
Post-war Nishiyama
Year | Japanese era | Ramen history | Sapporo, Hokkaido history | Japan history |
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1946〜47 | 21th~22th year Showa | A stall opened by Matsuda Kanshichi opens along the Soseigawa river. Seiji Nishiyama opens a stall ramen shop called "Darumaken". | Hokkaido population rises to 3.85 million | International Military Tribunal for the Far East begins trials. |
1950 | 25th year Showa | Ramen restaurant "Aji no Sanpei" opened by Morito Omiya. | The first edition of Sapporo Snow Festival | The Korean War begins |
Ramen bustling era
Year | Japanese era | Ramen history | Sapporo, Hokkaido history | Japan history |
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1951 | 26th year Showa | Kanshichi Matsuda opens “Ryuho” restaurant near Toho Koraku cinema. Years later this area will become the “Koraku ramen street”. | Sapporo, Maruyama Zoo opened | Akira Kurosawa`s “Rashomon” awared at Venice Film Festival |
1953 | 28th year Showa |
Takayuki Nishiyama, took the manufacture of "Darumaken" and with three noodle machines began his operations in Sapporo Minami ward. Hanamori Yasuji defines Sapporo “the City of ramen” in the magazine “Kurashi no teicho” (living handbook). |
Sapporo to Chitose express rail road opened | Main TV broadcast starts |
1954 | 29th year Showa | At "Aji no Sanpei" miso ramen is created for the first time. | Toya typhoon makes sink a ferry in Hakodate | Incident of Daigo Fukuryu Maru boat |
1958 | 33th Showa | Instant ramen is created for the first time | Hokkaido University Exposition in Sapporo, Otaru | 10,000 yen bill issued |
1960〜 | Showa 30es | Miso ramen recognized as Sapporo specialty. Tourism increases. | ||
1962 | 37th year Showa | Okuma Katsunobu opens "Kumasan" at Odori 6-chome. | Hokkaido coal workers strike simultaneously | Koichi Horie, crosses the Ocean with a single yacht. |
1963 | 38th year Showa | Sapporo ramen manufacturing cooperative established by nine noodles shops. | Teikoku Textile Sapporo Factory closed | Yoshinobu Murakoshi kidnapping case |
1964 | 39th year Showa | Kumasan" promotes its Miso ramen in Hokkaido fair between Tokyo and Osaka department stores (Takashimaya) obtaining great reputation. The first Sapporo Ramen store opens Ueno, Tokyo. From around this time until the 80es, Sapporo ramen becomes a national boom. |
Sapporo Shrine renamed in Hokkaido Jingu | Tokyo Olympics |
1968 | 43th year Showa | Launched Instant Ramen "Sapporo Ichiban Miso Ramen" | Hokkaido 100-years ceremony held in Sapporo | 300 million yen robbery |
1969 | 44th year Showa | "Koraku ramen famous store street" is dismantled for road construction before Sapporo Olympics. | Former Government Office, designated as Important Cultural Property | Tomei Expressway whole line opening |
1970 | 45th year Showa | Sapporo city, population over 1 million | Osaka World Exposition |
The maturity of Sapporo ramen
Year | Japanese era | Ramen history | Sapporo, Hokkaido history | Japan history |
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1971 | 46th year Showa | Today Sapporo Ramen Alley constructed。 | Sapporo Subway Namboku Line between Kita 34 Chome and Makomanai | Floating rate system introduced |
1972 | 47th year Showa | Sapporo Wnter Olympics | Panda debuts at Ueno Zoo, Tokyo | |
1975 | 50th year Showa | Sapporo City Ramen Stores “Aji no kai” association with 17 shops joining | The SL train has a history of 103 years of service | Shinkansen Tokyo to Hakata line inaugurated. |
1976 | 51th year Showa |
Subway Tozai Line opened. Near the final station of Kotoni many ramen restaurants are opened. Ramen Alley which had stores only on one side became full of ramen restaurants on both. New Ramen Alley is inaugurated. |
Forced landing of Soviet Mig 25 fighter in Hakodate | Lockheed scandal |
1977 | 52nd year Showa | The Great Eruption of Mount Usuzan killed nearby people | Sadaharu Oh from Tokyo Giants strikes his 756 home run | |
1980〜 | Showa 50es | Many souvenir ramen packages for gifts produced. The ramen packages are recognized as a gift product and are gradually distributed around the world. | The population of Sapporo is 1.48 million and surpasses Kyoto as the fifth biggest city of Japan | |
1988 | 63rd year Showa | Opening of Seikan Tunnel, opening of New Chitose Airport, subway Toyo Line | Recruit scandal |
Ramen in the challenging Sapporo
Year | Japanese era | Ramen history | Sapporo, Hokkaido history | Japan history |
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1989 | First Heisei year | "Heisei" opened in Sapporo North 37 East 28th Street | Tomari Nuclear Power Plant first operation | Showa emperor demise |
1992 | 4th year Heisei | The first Yosakoi Soran Festival held | Mamoru Mohri boarded on Space Shuttle | |
1993 | 5th year Hesiei | “China Soba Marukin” opened in Tanukikoji Shopping district of Sapporo. After this, ramen shops gradually begin to increase in this area. | Hokkaido Nansei-oki earthquake | Inaugurated soccer J-League |
1994 | 6th year Hesiei | "Yusura” opens in Kotoni and “Gojoken” in Minami ward. | Record heat wave. 36.2 ° C registered in Sapporo | Kenzaburo Oe received the Nobel Prize for Literature |
1995 | 7th year Heisei | Governor Hori`s first win | Great Hanshin Earthquake Tokyo subway sarin attack |
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1997 | 9th year Heisei | "Ramen Tetsuya" opened on Nishi Tonden Street | Hokkaido Takushoku Bank business collapse | Yamaichi Securities Voluntary closure |
1998 | 10th year Heisei | Air Do airline business start | Nagano Winter Olympics | |
1999〜
2000 |
11th year Heisei~ 12th year Heisei |
8 ramen shops open in Tanukikoji district. 20 ramen shops are concentrated in a small area. | Mykal Otaru shopping center opened, Sapporo Sogo closed | 2000 year national computer malfunction problem |