とんこつラーメン / Tonkotsu Ramen / Muteppou - Kizugawa, Kyoto
Rich tonkotsu soup is made from domestic pork bones and water, nothing else added. Over 300 kg of pork bones are boiled each day, cooked until the marrow melts. Shoyu tare, medium-thick round noodles supplied by a purveyor in Kyushu. The chashu is house-made, first stewed in a special soup and then marinated in tare for one day. Other toppings include menma, negi, nori.
Run by company president and ramen master Akasako-san, the Muteppou group has ten stores total in Japan and one in Australia. 20 seats at the Kizugawa flagship. Open since 2003.
