You Can Only Get These Kuromi Charms With a Bowl of Ramen
Updated: October 6, 2026
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Sanrio has introduced three limited Kuromi charms and the only way to get one is to order a bowl of ramen. Menba Tadokoro Shoten is running the collaboration from October 5, 2026 to November 30, 2026, at 147 shops across Japan and 14 in Tokyo. The ramen is good on its own terms, a miso bowl with black sesame paste that turns the broth black when you stir it in, but the charm is the part that runs out.
The collaboration opened on October 5, so nobody had filmed it when these were posted. They are here for the shops themselves. Each note says what the creator ate.
@ikebukurotimes on TikTok visits the Ikebukuro East shop and orders the Hokkaido miso ramen with seared chashu.
@yuuri_ahchin on Instagram eats the spicy miso ramen at the Hamamatsucho Clea Tower shop, and notes the Yawataya Isogoro shichimi blended for miso ramen on the table.
@NaoOka-ju5it on YouTube films the miso-marinated seared chashu ramen at the Tennozu Isle shop.
The set is 2,200 yen, or 2,420 yen including tax, printed on the campaign key visual. The campaign page separately says the price, the sales period and the availability can vary by shop, and one creator who ate it on launch day reported paying 2,600 yen, so treat 2,420 yen as the published figure rather than a guarantee at every branch.
The collaboration set is クロミ コラボらーめん (Kuromi Collaboration Ramen). Show that to staff if the menu is hard to read. The chain’s own campaign page is here and the announcement, with the full participating list, is here.
Which Tokyo Shop to Go To
Fourteen Tokyo shops are on the list and they do not all trade under the same name. Most are Menba Tadokoro Shoten, two outer-Tokyo branches are Menba Ippo, and the Shinjuku shop is Tadokoro Tantanmen, a dandan noodle specialist. Six are profiled below. Which is most convenient depends entirely on where you are starting from, and the other eight are listed further down.
Payment is the thing most likely to catch you out. Shinjuku takes cash through a ticket machine, and Ikebukuro takes cash and PayPay with cards listed as still being prepared. Carry cash for those two. Ryogoku, Ikegami, Hamamatsucho and Tennozu Isle all take cards, and the last two take transit IC as well.
Before you go
The bowl is not black when it arrives
The black sesame paste comes in a small heart-shaped dish on top. Stirring it in is what turns the broth black, so take your photograph before you touch it.
Shinjuku is the dandan noodle shop
It trades as Tadokoro Tantanmen rather than Menba Tadokoro Shoten. It is on the participating list, but its regular menu is built around miso dandan noodles.
Nishi-Shinjuku 1-31-13, in the I and K Building, a short walk from the west exit of Shinjuku Station. This shop trades as Tadokoro Tantanmen and specializes in miso dandan noodles in white sesame, shrimp and sansho pepper, with heat selectable from one to five. It is on the participating list for the collaboration. Ordering is through a ticket machine and it takes cash. Open 11:00 to 22:30 with last orders at 22:00, and until 23:00 on Friday and Saturday with last orders at 22:30.
Higashi-Ikebukuro 1-31-7, in the Hara Building, on the east side of Ikebukuro Station. Ordering is by touch panel at the table rather than a ticket machine. It takes cash and PayPay, with credit cards listed as still being prepared, so bring cash. For anyone pairing this with Sanrio shopping, it is the closest of the four to Sunshine City. Open 11:00 to 22:30 with last orders at 22:00.
Yokoami 1-3-20, inside Edo NOREN, the restored food hall attached to Ryogoku Station and across from the Kokugikan sumo arena. The frontage is built in Edo style to match the hall around it, which makes it the most distinctive of the four to look at. It takes cash and credit cards. If you are in Ryogoku for the sumo or the museums, this one needs no detour. Open 11:00 to 22:00 with last orders at 21:30.
Menba Tadokoro Shoten Hamamatsucho Claire Tower store
麺場 田所商店 浜松町クレアタワー店
Hamamatsucho 2-3-1, on the third floor of the Nippon Life Hamamatsucho Clea Tower. Exit A3 at Toei Daimon comes out at the building, and JR Hamamatsucho is a couple of minutes further, which makes this the easiest of the six to reach if you are changing trains. It is an office-building restaurant and it behaves like one, running a shorter schedule on some days and closing on public holidays, so check before a holiday visit. Takes cash, cards and transit IC. Open 11:00 to 21:30 with last orders at 21:00.
Higashi-Shinagawa 2-2-20, on the second floor of Tennozu Ocean Square, a short walk from Tennozu Isle Station on the monorail from Haneda. It opened in April 2026, which makes it the newest of the six by two years, and the room shows it, a bright corner space with floor to ceiling windows onto the canal. Takes cash, cards and transit IC. Open 10:30 to 22:30 with last orders at 22:00, on a shorter schedule at weekends, with no regular closing day.
Ikegami 3-39-18 in Ota, a free standing roadside shop near Ikegami Station, with a parking lot and an oversized miso barrel on the roof. It takes cash and credit cards. This is the furthest of the four from central Tokyo, so it suits a day already spent in Ota or a visit to Ikegami Honmonji rather than a trip of its own.
The bowl is built on Miyakonojo barley miso and arrives pale, with the black sesame paste in a small heart-shaped dish on top and a die-cut Kuromi topper standing in it. Stir the paste through and the broth turns black. Two Kuromi monaka wafers and a scatter of pickled shallot come in the bowl as well. Add chili oil to taste.
The ramen and the merchandise are sold together, and neither can be bought on its own. Each set includes one of three charm designs, selected at random, and you cannot choose which. The charms are small, about 3.5 by 3 centimeters before the clasp.
From October 29 to November 4, for Kuromi’s birthday on October 31, you can take a three-link acrylic keychain instead of the charm. It is limited in quantity as well as in dates, so the window being open does not mean it is available. If you only get one visit and you want the keychain, that visit has to fall inside those seven days.
The run ends on November 30, but it ends earlier at any shop that sells out, and the chain says so directly. Shops may cap how many sets one person buys when they are busy.
Check the charm when staff hand it to you. Exchanges are only accepted at that moment, while stock remains. Once you have left, the chain does not take returns, and fine scratches and uneven color are treated as normal manufacturing variation rather than defects.
The participating list tells you which shops are eligible, not which have stock. If it matters, call the branch and ask about the Kuromi set, the price that day, and which merchandise they still have.
The Other Eight Tokyo Shops
These are also on the participating list. We have not profiled them, which is a limit of our records rather than a judgment about them.
One name misleads. Menba Ippo Musashimurayama is not in Musashimurayama. It trades in Mizuho, in the Nishitama district at the far western edge of the prefecture.
How much is it, and can I buy the ramen or the charm separately?+
The set is 2,420 yen including tax. They are sold only as a set, and the chain states that neither is available on its own.
How long does it run?+
From October 5, 2026 to November 30, 2026, ending at each shop once that shop’s stock has gone. It runs at participating shops only, 147 across Japan and 14 in Tokyo. Overseas branches are not included.
