こうようつけめん / Kōyō Tsukemen / Shinkōyō — Shinjuku, Tokyo

Light shoyu soup uses pork, chicken and vegetables. Housemade dipping noodles are cut flat and are rinsed in water after boiling. Served alongside deep-fried chicken fillet, menma, negi and radish sprouts. No msg or artificial flavor additives.

The roots of this restaurant date back to 1961, when the ramen shop Kōyō is said to have first opened in Kagurazaka. The shop moved to Araiyakushi-mae in Nakano a few years later in 1964, and a second branch opened in Higashi-Nakano in 1972. Both shops have since closed, but this newer branch called Shinkōyō has now been open and operating continuously in Shinjuku for over 40 years. 18 seats. Since 1982.