Recommended bowl: The OG Kitakata Ramen

This is THE original. Open since 1926, Genraiken is the first shop to serve what is now known as Kitakata-style ramen. Clear, pork and chicken-based soup, shoyu tare, medium-width wavy noodles, all topped with thin-sliced pork-belly chashu, menma, naruto and diced negi. To be honest, many of the late-comers may have surpassed it, but it's still definitely worth going for the historic experience. Less