~Yo-Kai Express vending machine permanently installed at Ueno Station “Ramen STAND”~
Yo-Kai Express Inc. has newly added Niigata ramen "Tsubame Sanjo Se-Abura" as one of the contents of the cultural creation event "Super Station Expo Ueno" held by East Japan Railway Company to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the railway. will be developed and will be on sale from Friday, October 14th.
Yo-Kai Express is a foodtech venture in Silicon Valley that develops an innovative vending machine-type automatic cooking solution business that can provide hot meals 24 hours a day without contact. In Japan, it will start in earnest in the spring of 2022, and automatic cooking vending machines that can provide freshly made ramen in as little as 90 seconds have been installed at Haneda Airport Terminal 2, the Metropolitan Expressway Shibaura parking area, NTT Data Center, etc.
Currently, in addition to the original four types of ramen, we sell two types of ramen from the popular ramen brand "Ippudo". This time, along with JR East's 150th anniversary event "Super Station Expo Ueno", two Yo-Kai Express automatic cooking and vending machines will be permanently installed at "Ramen STAND", which will be born at Ueno Station. We will sell ramen from Niigata prefecture, which is the target area of the event.
The new Niigata ramen “Tsubamesanjo Se-Abura” is a product developed by the ramen shop “Ippudo” operated by the “Riki no Gen Company” affiliated with Riki no Gen Holdings Co., Ltd. "Tsubame Sanjo Backfat Ramen" has been selected and reproduced from the 5 major ramen in Niigata, which is said to be a ramen battlefield. Based on a light soup stock with dried sardines, the richness of the soy sauce and the sweetness of the backfat are accentuated. It is topped with char siu pork, bamboo shoots, and onions, which is a characteristic of Tsubame Sanjo back fat ramen.
In order to bring it closer to the authentic taste, we repeated trial productions, adding char siu broth to the soup to express the complex taste of soy sauce, and the backfat was also devised to bring out the umami and sweetness.
In addition to Niigata ramen, Ippudo and original flavor ramen will also be sold at the permanent vending machines at Ueno Station. Experience authentic ramen that can be served in as little as 90 seconds with the Yo-Kai Express, an automatic cooking vending machine from Silicon Valley, when you visit Super Station Expo, transfer at Ueno Station, or return from work.
■ Niigata ramen “Tsubamesanjo Se-Abura” sales overview
Sales price: 980 yen (tax included)
Release date: From Friday, October 14, 2022
Sales location: Starting at Ueno Station “Ramen STAND”, plans to expand to other areas sequentially
Payment method: transportation IC card only
Overview of Ueno Station "Ramen STAND"
Location: In front of the waiting room on the 3rd basement floor of the concourse inside the Shinkansen ticket gate at Ueno Station
Products for sale: Choekihaku Niigata Ramen "Tsubamesanjo Se-Abura"
Ippudo Hakata Tonkotsu
IPPUDO plant base (pork bone style)
Yo-Kai original flavor Tokyo Shoyu
Yo-Kai original flavor Sapporo Spicy Miso
Yo-Kai original flavor Kyushu Tonkotsu
*Ippudo products are 980 yen (tax included), Yo-Kai original flavors are 790 yen (tax included)
*Sales products are subject to change
<Company Profile of Yo-Kai Express Inc.>
Location: Hayward, California, USA (Silicon Valley)
Representative: Andy Lin / Founder and CEO
Founded: 2016
Service start: December 2019
Business Overview: Using our unique cooking technology, we provide an innovative vending machine-type automatic cooking solution that can provide hot meals 24 hours a day without contact. Installed in more than 50 locations in the United States, including offices, airports, hotels, hospitals, universities, shopping malls and ski resorts.
US site: https://www.yokaiexpress.com/
Japan site: https://www.yokaiexpress.com/ja
<Overview of Yo-Kai Express automatic cooking vending machine>
Product development *Products sold vary depending on the area
Commemorating Super Station Expo Niigata Ramen (price: 980 yen including tax)
Tsubamesanjo Se-Abura
Ippudo provided ramen (price: 980 yen including tax)
Ippudo Hakata Tonkotsu
IPPUDO plant base (pork bone style)
● Yo-Kai original flavor ramen (price: 790 yen including tax)
Chicken Yuzu Shio
Tokyo Shoyu
Sapporo Spicy Miso
Kyushu
Sales installation location
Haneda Airport Terminal 2, 1st floor vending machine restaurant
Metropolitan Expressway Route 11 Daiba Route Shibaura Parking Area
NTT DATA data center
