1985.10.16 Established “HAKATA IPPUDO” in Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka city
1994 Opened its first Kanto-region IPPUDO ramen shop in the Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
1995 Opened “IPPUDO Ebisu”, its first Tokyo IPPUDO
ramen shop in Hiroo, Tokyo
1996
Launched its signature dishes,
“Shiromaru Classic” and
“Akamaru Modern”
1997 Became Champion of the “TV Champion – Ramen Master Chef Championships” aired by TV TOKYO
1999 Defended its Champion title to become a two-time winner of the “All-Time Best! Ramen King Finals II” aired by TV Tokyo
2000 Elected to the Hall of Fame for three consecutive wins in the “Look at That Queue! Ramen Master Chef Championships” aired by TV TOKYO.
Launched the industry’s first ramen shop brand “cup noodles” in joint development with Nissin Foods
2002 Held an event called Shiki no ramen (Four Seasons Ramen) at the Daimyo Headquarters, which served a one-day only “original ramen creation”
2005 Won the “World’s Greatest Ramen King Finals” aired by TBS to be crowned the first “Ramen King”
2007 Launched the Kiwami shinaji (Ultimate Modern) at 1,300 yen per bowl
2008 Started its global expansion by opening “IPPUDO NY”, its first overseas IPPUDO ramen shop in New York
2010 Remodeled the Daimyo Headquarters on IPPUDO’s 25th anniversary and opened its first IPPUDO sub-brand shop, “SHIROMARU BASE” in Omori, Tokyo 2010-2011: Won first place in best overall at the Tokyo Ramen of the Year Grand Prix
2011 IPPUDO NY ranked No. 1 in the 2010 “Yelp”, the US coast-to-coast restaurant review site Opened its first IPPUDO ramen shops in Hong Kong
2012 Hosted the “First Ramen General Election”, an “original ramen creation” contest Opened its first food-court geared ramen shop “IPPUDO RAMEN EXPRESS” Opened its first IPPUDO ramen shops in Taiwan, China and Australia
2013 Opened its first IPPUDO ramen shop in Malaysia Held an event called Shiki no ramen dai ni sho (Four Seasons Ramen Part 2) which served a one-day-only “original ramen creation” Ramen supervised by IPPUDO selected by All Nippon Airways (ANA) for ANA international insight meals
2014 “PARIS RAMEN WEEK Zuzutto” held in Paris, France as part of the 2014 COOL JAPAN Project gaining much acclaim Opened its first IPPUDO ramen shops in Thailand, the Philippines and Indonesia First overseas expansion into Europe with the opening of its shop in London, U.K.
2015.10.16 Revamped its signature dishes “Shiromaru Classic” and
“Akamaru Modern” on the occasion of its 30th anniversary
2016 Opened its first IPPUDO ramen shop in Paris, France
