As opposed to every year before, where ramen eating was highly inaccessible & sexist. The article covers how difficult it's been & why this thing that started in 2015 is important, which you seem to scoff at.

You know it's 2024 when someone will show up & grumble about wokeness.

"Highly inaccessible?" There's never been anything at all stopping women from eating ramen if they want to.

Sure, if you ignore everything this article just wrote about about how awkward & usual it is in Japan...