Recommended bowl: Niboshi & Back Fat

Master Amasaki-san trained at the reputable Osaka-based shop Junk Story and opened Kasumi in 2012. The bowls here feature a shoyu-based niboshi soup, laden with pork back fat and optionally topped with generous amounts of pork chashu. The soup is made using niboshi from Kujūkuri, Chiba and Nagasaki, as well as dried shiitake mushrooms and kelp from Hokkaido. The thick-cut noodles are from Teigaku, based in Kyoto.