RAMUNE

Updated 04-May-2020.

Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about RAMUNE!

The Origin of Ramune – Japan Info: It’s a hot, muggy summer day, waves of heat are radiating off of the concrete ground. The streets are packed with throngs of people reveling to one of Japan’s many boisterous festivals (祭り matsuri). Out of the corner of your eye, you spot a street vendor touting his drinks. At first there seems nothing out of the ordinary, just a normal street cart, but then you see people pushing an oddly shaped bottle cap onto the similarly oddly shaped blue bottle, watching in glee as the top shoots into the bottle. The sign on the cart reads “ラムネ Ramune”. jp.fotolia.com/ What is Ramune? Ramune, this flavor ubiquitous in Japan, would […]

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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: ramune is a type of carbonated soft drink originally created and sold in Japan . brand name comes from a wasei-eigo of the word lemonade . introduced in Kobe by Alexander Cameron Sim the drinks are sometimes called “marble soda” outside Japan . people trying Ramune for the first time sometimes find it difficult to drink . it takes practice to stop the marble from blocking the flow . Ramune is one of the modern symbols of summer in Japan . it is widely consumed during warm festival days and nights . Empty bottles are usually collected for recycling . Including Original, there have been at least 50 flavors of ramune: Banana, Blueberry, Blue Hawaii, Bubble, Bubble Gum, Candy, Champagne, Cherry, Chili oil, Chocolate, Coconut, Cola, Cotton