Recommended bowl: Chinese style

Hanayoshi is an unsuspecting Chinese restaurant, located below ground level near the central intersection in Nakano-Sakaue. While there are a few standard Chinese style ramen offerings on the menu, one that stands out to ramen aficionados is the shiitake soba-- a vegetable and chicken based soup served with sesame oil and topped with stewed shiitake mushrooms. Now open over 20 years.