小 ラーメン / Shō Ramen / Butayama — Hatagaya, Tokyo

Jiro inspired tonkotsu-shoyu soup is made from pork, pork back bones, leg bones and back fat, all boiled for several dozen hours. Thick noodles contain 100% Oshon flour. Topped with pork belly chashu (simmered for five hours), bean sprouts, cabbage and garlic.

Operated by GIFT Holdings Inc, a company that runs a number of ramen brands including Machida Shoten, Ganso Abura Dou, Gatton, Nagaoka Shokudo, E.A.K. Ramen and the entire Tokyo Ramen Yokocho (adjacent to Tokyo Station). The company was established with the birth of Machida Shoten in Machida in January of 2008. Butayama (which literally means "Pork Mountain") has 35 branches and counting across six prefectures including Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Osaka, Miyagi and Aichi. Hatagaya branch open since December 19th, 2019. 15 seats.