Ramen Shop in Japan Becomes Official Warhammer Retailer, Owner Is a 'Total Beginner' but Says 'I've Been Immediately Captivated by Its Charm'

A ramen store successful Japan has proudly declared it has go an authoritative Warhammer retailer, selling Warhammer 40,000 and Warhammer: Age of Sigmar miniatures alongside noodle soup.

DenfamiNicoGamer reports that the proprietor of Mendokoro Maruwa, which is successful Sakusabe, Chiba Prefecture (Tokyo's eastbound outskirts), believes this to beryllium a satellite first. "Probably the archetypal successful the world!,” they said successful a station connected Twitter / X. “A ramen edifice is becoming an authoritative Warhammer retailer!"

Mendokoro Maruwa plans to merchantability Warhammer miniatures arsenic good arsenic paints and tools. The ramen store proprietor says they’re nary seasoned Warhammer instrumentality (despite being the aforesaid property arsenic Warhammer itself), but is enjoying the hobby arsenic a beginner. “I've been instantly captivated by its charm, truthful I'd similar to stock it with a wide audience," they said. The program is to yet clasp play events extracurricular of mean concern hours - and conscionable successful clip for the motorboat of Warhammer 40,000 11th Edition, too.

"Once I got hooked connected Warhammer, adjacent though I'm a ramen shop, I ended up signing a declaration with Games Workshop!" the proprietor said successful different X / Twitter post. "Menya Maruwa has go an authoritative Warhammer retailer lol. I'm a full beginner, but I'm gonna dive successful headfirst, truthful looking guardant to your support."

“Just arsenic a tentative plan, I'd similar to scope the gameplay lawsuit by Golden Week,” the store proprietor added. “Since it'll beryllium held extracurricular the ramen shop's concern hours, the regular paper won't beryllium available, but I deliberation we tin hole immoderate airy snacks and drinks. For Citadel colors only, we program to person brushwood coating disposable wrong the store arsenic well. I'm a full beginner, truthful delight beryllium benignant to me!!”

It looks similar the announcement has done the trick. Tweeting this morning, Mendokoro Maruwa said Warhammer fans had already visited the ramen shop.

“I'm delighted to person hobbyists sojourn america close away,” they said. “It volition beryllium shipped from the warehouse today, and the Warhammer country is scheduled to beryllium acceptable up by the weekend. So exciting, isn't it?”

Online absorption is positive, too, with 1 idiosyncratic saying: “Off to bargain Citadel colors……… Gonna spell devour immoderate ramen.”

“Sooo, the ramen store adjacent my spot is doing ‘weird stuff’ again, but it's a perfectly mean and delicious ramen joint,” said 1 seemingly regular customer. “They service worldly similar tsukemen with cocoa condiment connected it, but it's a regular ramen shop.”

えーうちの近所のラーメン屋が『また』変な事してますが、ちゃんと普通に美味しいラーメン屋です。
チョコソースのかかったつけ麺とか出しますが普通のラーメン屋です。 https://t.co/u2B1to19EL pic.twitter.com/tcNz4TmzWD

Warhammer and ramen is an improbable duo — you decidedly don’t privation to spill immoderate broth connected your lovingly painted miniatures! But it mightiness beryllium useful to person immoderate delicious nutrient close determination midway done an epic, four-hour crippled of Warhammer 40,000.

Warhammer has exploded with popularity implicit the past 10 years, and proprietor Games Workshop has successfully expanded its assemblage globally. We’re successful a aureate property of Warhammer video games, and, with Warhammer 40,000 successful particular, the imaginable for a mainstream entreaty with Henry Cavill’s cinematic beingness for Amazon Prime Video. So possibly it shouldn’t travel arsenic overmuch of a astonishment to spot Warhammer products sold successful places you wouldn’t expect, similar a ramen store successful Japan!

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