If you pour the ramune out of the bottle and into a glass, you're suppose to angle it so the marble rests in the two little indents at the top of the neck so it doesn't block the ramune as you pour it out.
The original flavor is actually "Sugar flavor" We have a similar drink in Sweden called "sockerdricka" meaning "Sugardrink". They taste the same ^^ Thanks for helping us understand how to get the marble out.
I'm absolutely going to try the pliers btw, I tried using a flat screwdriver on five of my bottles (probably have more of those in the basement, I drank a lot of Ramune back in 2015 and saved the bottles) and my hands hurt, it took time and the risk of chips flying from the glass bottle is higher than with your method. // Written after getting some marbles out.
That style of bottle was originally European and Japanese adopt the design up to this day. Europe stopped producing that kind of bottle because of the invention of top cap and kids often destroy the bottle to get the marble
The marble helps to "activate" the soda. I love the lemon flavour. The dents are for holding the bottle. Plus, the marble stops your drink from coming out all in 1 pour. Unique but quirky thinking from the Japanese soft drinks market. Ps, I'm pretty sure that I had a Yamune drink once in Korea, when I was younger.
Ramune is one of my fave flavours to come out of Japan lol. they're hella refreshing and there is one brand that has the plunger one side of the lid and a stopper that clicks in, it's not the best seal but it does exist 😂
You can actually reseal it by placing your thumb firmly over the hole, giving a good shake and then holding upside down For me it will only partly seal most of the time, but it does keep the drink in and sometimes the marble will go further up to seal even more securely
so,a very old design(19th century),that would've completely disappeared from the shops,if not for Ramune&something called"Banta". G,crabby ,old veteran
I've seen people reseal the bottle by holding it upside down and the air pressure(if there's any left) will reseal it. But you always end up spilling some of it doing that
