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Globeat Japan opens its first ramen and takeaway rice-ball outlet
Globeat Japan has opened its first combined ramen and rice-ball outlet in Tokyo.
The site brings together a ramen restaurant and a takeaway-only shop selling rice balls.
It is located at the Shibuya Center-gai branch of Kyoto-born ramen brand Seaburanokami, which opened in late August.
Globeat Japan also operates the Ramen Kagetsu Arashi chain.
The company is preparing for a possible drop in restaurant demand as it looks ahead to a consumption tax cut.
The rice-ball shop is intended to add another business alongside the ramen restaurant, though the available information does not say how the outlet is performing.
Globeat Japan has opened its first outlet combining a ramen restaurant with a takeaway-only rice-ball shop.
The outlet is in Tokyo and combines the Kyoto-origin ramen shop Seabura no Kami Shibuya Center-gai with an omusubi shop.
The company is developing the format in anticipation of a consumption tax reduction.
It expects demand for eating out to fall.
- Who
- Globeat Japan, which operates the Ramen Kagetsu Arashi chain.
- What
- It opened its first outlet combining a ramen restaurant and a takeaway-only rice-ball shop.
- When
- The ramen shop opened at the end of August. The article was published on October 25, 2026.
- Where
- Shibuya Center-gai, Tokyo.
- Why
- Globeat Japan is developing the format in anticipation of a consumption tax reduction and expects eating-out demand to decline.
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Seabura no Kami Shibuya Center-gai opened in Tokyo as part of the combined outlet.
Nikkei published its report on Globeat Japan's new format.
- Company
- Globeat Japan
- Ramen chain operated
- Ramen Kagetsu Arashi
- Outlet
- Seabura no Kami Shibuya Center-gai
- Location
- Tokyo
- Rice-ball shop format
- Takeaway-only