担々麺 + 餃子 / Tantanmen + Gyoza / Kōshin - Nakameguro

Soup uses mostly chicken carcasses, sesame and chili oil, topped with ground pork, pickled mustard stems and baby bok choy. Many dishes on the menu, cha-han and gyoza are especially popular. The shop serves 600-700 servings of gyoza per day on average.

Master Takagi-san's husband previously ran a typewriter factory under the railway tracks called "Kōshin Seiki." He passed away when he was 48 years old, so she decided to open a Chinese restaurant in the existing space and keep the name Kōshin. Eventually the shop relocated to its current location. She is now in her 80's, still running operations. 35 seats. Open since around 1983. Less