Minakami 'Power' Mtn and Otoko-gi Power Ramen
長野市の松代町に不思議な山があります: 皆神山。形はピラミッドに似ていて、噂によるとUFOが来るそうです。つまり、パワースポット。
そのふもとに「男気」というラーメン屋さんがある。私が大好きなこってりしたタイプです。先日は家族で行ってみました。亀清の若女将曰く、ビジネスマンが仕事中で食べれそう（つまり、スタミナーラーメン）でありながら、野菜もたっぷり入っていて、栄養もいいと。
帰りの時に、お店の目の前の山が例のパワースポットの皆神山かどうか聞いたら、スタッフの方はイマイチ分からなかった。パワーラーメンというネーミングすればいいという案を出してあげました。せっかくスタミナーラーメンがパワースポットの隣なので…
In Nagano City's Matsushiro neighborhood, there is a mysterious mountain: Minakami-yama. It's shape looks like a pyramid, and there have been rumours of UFO sightings around the mountain. In other words, it's a 'power spot'.
At the base of the mountain is a ramen shop called "Otokogi", meaning 'Male Spirit'. It's ramen is the thick-soup type that I like. The other day, our family went there for lunch. According to the wife, this is the type of ramen that businessmen like to eat to get energy for the rest of the day (i.e., 'stamina' ramen), but it also has plenty of vegetables so it is quite nutritious, too.
Anyways, as we were leaving, I asked the waitress if the mountain across the street was the fabled Minakami Mountain, and she wasn't sure. I suggested that since their ramen is energy-building anyways, they should name one of their dishes 'power ramen' in honor of the power spot mountain that overlooked their shop.
男気ラーメンのHPはこちら。Click here for Otokogi Ramen's website.
Otokogi's 'Gotsun' Stamina Ramen
