Trends · data through September 2026

Japanese & Korean in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Iceflower tracks 679 stores from 590 Japanese & Korean chains in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Kyoto Ramen grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Oori Rice Triangles and Ramen 101.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
590
Tracked stores
679
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked Japanese & Korean chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Kyoto Ramen and Oori Rice Triangles sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 K Kyoto Ramen - +12.0%
2 O Oori Rice Triangles - +11.2%
3 R Ramen 101 - +3.1%
4 B Benihana logo Benihana - +1.6%
5 R Ramen Hiroshi ▲1 -5.3%
6 V Vons Chicken logo Vons Chicken ▲1 -7.7%
7 T Tasty Pot - -10.7%
8 H Happy Lamb Hot Pot logo Happy Lamb Hot Pot - -11.3%
9 M Marugame Udon logo Marugame Udon - -14.8%
10 M MJ Sushi logo MJ Sushi - -15.7%
11 S Sarku Japan logo Sarku Japan ▼1 -26.5%
12 M Mom's Tofu House - -31.3%
13 O Oyama Sushi ▼1 -37.4%
  • Benihana
  • Marufuku Ramen
  • Shirasoni
  • Kura Revolving Sushi Bar
  • Mikuni Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar
  • Yoshi's
  • Marugame Udon
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

679 tracked store locations in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • Benihana (4)
  • Marufuku Ramen (3)
  • Shirasoni (2)
  • Kura Revolving Sushi Bar (3)
  • Mikuni Japanese Restaurant and Sushi Bar (1)
  • Yoshi's (1)
  • Marugame Udon (4)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

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