Ramune
It's from 1884, before you were born.
- Origin
- Japan
- Debuted
- 1884
- Type
- Carbonated soft drink
- Note
- the marble Codd-neck bottle
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About
As of 2026, it's 142 years old.
Ramune is a Japanese soda that makes you work for it. Instead of a cap, the bottle is sealed by a glass marble, and opening it requires a little plastic plunger and a satisfying, slightly violent press that drops the marble into the neck with a fizz and a pop. The drink is fine; the bottle is the entire experience.
Around since 1884, its name is a Japanese take on 'lemonade,' and that marble-rattling ritual makes it a fixture of summer festivals.
Fizzy, sweet, and packaged like a puzzle, Ramune is the rare soda where opening it is genuinely more fun than drinking it.
Ramune through the years
Introduced in Japan
Adapted from a British-style lemonade in a marble-sealed bottle.
A festival staple
Becomes synonymous with Japanese summer matsuri.
