A version of Honda's standard model CB400 with a cowl. It is a long-selling model that has continued to be improved since its launch in 1992. This model is a minor-changed version of the CB400, which replaced the NC23E engine that had been used in Honda's sports models for over 20 years with the newly designed NC42E engine in 2007. The CB400 is often used as a learner's bike, making it very easy to handle even for beginners. The CB400 is so perfect that it is described as having “no flaws” in the high school girls' motorcycle life manga/anime “BAKUON!!".

The project was launched by Wanami Takahashi, a designer and illustrator from Fukushima Prefecture. The project mainly focuses on ramen restaurants in Fukushima Prefecture, but as of 2016, it has expanded to Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures outside of Fukushima Prefecture, as well as Tokyo, and is active in a wide range of other areas. As of November 2017, there are 31 anthropomorphic characters (including one collaborator); on December 1, 2014, it became a full member of the Moe Kyara Gakkai.

A gentle but enigmatic shrine maiden. Her true identity is the mother goddes, who has been watching over the land and people of Koriyama since the Meiji era when the Azeko Chousui waterway was pioneered. She was in a weakened state immediately after the earthquake, but she recovered both mentally and physically after eating Shina-soba, a gentle and nostalgic dish from the olden days at Shozukiya. When she eats “Kokukara-soba,” her personality changes.