Japan sees rise of 'ramen girls'

Women move in on the male-dominated world of noodle soup

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A young woman enjoys her ramen fix on a Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Kaori Shoji)

KAORI SHOJI, Contributing writer

TOKYO -- Ramen, Japan's ubiquitous noodle soup, has become one of the country's most internationally recognized dishes. In Japan, though, ramen is a dish with largely masculine connotations -- traditionally it is men who get misty-eyed about their favorite ramen restaurants, not women. Now that is changing as a new culture of "girl ramen" takes hold.

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