Chiikawa Ramen Buta’s Hong Kong Pop-Up Ends September 6

Chiikawa Ramen Buta will serve its last bowls in Hong Kong on Sunday, September 6. The Mong Kok shop, on the twelfth floor of Langham Place, was the brand’s first location outside Japan and was always framed as a limited run. Operator Flames Concepts confirmed the end date on July 21 and thanked diners for a busy year.

That still leaves several weeks. If the characters, the merch wall, or the character-shaped fish cake were on your list, the clock is now public.

The concept comes from illustrator Nagano’s *Chiikawa*, the Japanese series whose small, soft-looking characters (Chiikawa, Hachiware, Usagi, and friends) have a sharper sense of humor than the plush toys suggest. PARCO built Chiikawa Ramen Buta around the “buzz-worthy ramen shop” that appears in the manga, then opened Japan locations inside PARCO stores starting in Nagoya in 2024. Hong Kong arrived on August 16, 2025, through a franchise with Flames Concepts.

Opening coverage put the room at about eighty-seven seats, larger than the Japan shops at the time, with red-and-yellow décor and life-size figures of the main cast. Ramen comes in three sizes. Local reports put bowls roughly in the HK$115 to HK$150 range, often with a sticker and the usual photo-friendly toppings. Merch sits beside the meal: bowls, towels, apparel, and collectible drink extras that change with the promotion calendar.

The address is Shop 13, Level 12, Langham Place, Mong Kok. Hours run daily from about 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., with last seating shortly after 9 p.m. Reservations go through KKday as a reservation pass rather than a casual walk-up. Policies and voucher details move, so check the current listing before you plan a day around it.

Flames Concepts co-founder Willie Hu told the South China Morning Post at opening that people were coming for the experience as much as the noodles, and that the project was a bet on novelty in a difficult restaurant market. The pop-up did what it said it would: a timed overseas debut. Japan’s PARCO shops continue. In Hong Kong, another Chiikawa draw, the ARTIVERSE exhibition at K11 MUSEA, is scheduled to end on the same September 6 date.

For travelers already eating on Mong Kok’s clock, this is a booking, not a spontaneous second dinner after Temple Street. Save the slot, eat the bowl you came for, and leave room for a cha chaan teng or late noodles that will still be there in October.