This drink, sold in the distinctive Codd-neck bottle, soon became very popular with the local Japanese after it was advertised in the Tokyo Mainichi Newspaper as a preventative for cholera.

Although the Codd-neck bottle was once commonly used for carbonated drinks, today ramune, along with Banta, is one of its very few users.

People trying ramune for the first time sometimes find it difficult to drink, as it takes practice to learn to stop the marble from blocking the flow.

In one version of the bottle introduced in 2006, little slots were added to the cap where the marble was originally held.

Ramune is one of the modern symbols of summer in Japan and is widely consumed during warm festival days and nights.