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Ramen: using the ticket machine

Many ramen shops have a ticket machine (券売機, kenbaiki) near the door. Buy your ticket before you sit down.

1. Put your money in first. Some machines do not take ¥5,000 or ¥10,000 notes, so keep ¥1,000 notes ready.
2. Press the button for your bowl. The top-left button is often the shop's main dish. Machines are often in Japanese only, so a camera translation app helps.
3. Take your ticket and change, then hand the ticket to the staff.
4. Wait to be shown a seat if the staff ask you to.

Slurping is fine. Shops are often small, so people tend to leave soon after finishing, especially when there is a line.

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