Recommended bowl: Creamy Jiro style

Located in Ichihara, Chiba, the name of this shop literally means "from Chiba." The soup is a rich tonkotsu stock, paired with house made noodles. Toppings include pork belly chashu, bean sprouts, cabbage and optional garlic. The master here trained at Jiro and loves the style, but he wanted to make an original version, hence the use of pure pork bone creamy soup in place of Jiro's salty tonkotsu-shoyu soup. It looks like Jiro style but it's quite different. One of the highest ranked shops in the area, the shop often draws long lines. A second branch is located in the heart of Shibuya.