Ramen is a Japanese noodle dish with roots in Chinese noodle dishes. It is a part of Japanese Chinese cuisine. It includes Chinese-style alkaline wheat noodles served in several flavors of broth. Common flavors are soy sauce and miso, with typical toppings including sliced pork , nori, lacto-fermented bamboo shoots (menma), and scallions. Nearly every region in Japan has its own variation of ramen, such as the tonkotsu ramen of Kyushu and the miso ramen of Hokkaido.