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Ramen Yokocho 2014 - Tsujita Tokyo ramen bowl #2

I saw a friend post a facebook link about Ramen Yokocho Fest 2014 and I immediately knew Dennis would want to go! He is, after all, the ramen expert of our household! Not to mention, we'd also get to check out ramen from JAPAN and some new places we have never tried!

This year it was held at the Santa Anita racetrack which I believe is a larger location than the previous year. Parking was $4 per vehicle and admission was $5 a person (free for persons under 17). The festival hours were 11pm to 6pm on March 29 and 30, 2014. We went the second day on Sunday.

Ramen Yokocho 2014 - ticket lines early in the day

After you pay admission at the gate, you walk into the main building, then through a long underground tunnel leading to the middle area of the racetracks! Post tunnel, you must first buy your meal tickets from the booths. Each bowl of ramen was $8 and each drink was $2 (except beer) and it was prepaid and cash only. We got into the ticket line right at 11am opening time and the ticket wait was less than 10 minutes. Our two friends bought three each. Dennis initially thought we could share 6 bowls over the course of several hours as well, but I wasn't so sure. I had him buy 5 tickets to start...