Recommended bowl: Deep history

Marushin is another legendary Ogikubo ramenya with a deep history. The shop was first opened in 1950, by master Yamagami-san, a soba master from Nagano Prefecture who also happened to be one of the five original masters to open the legendary Ogikubo shop Maruchō in 1947. After Maruchō's success, four of Maruchō's original five masters branched off to open their own shops, Marushin being one of them. The bowls here are nostalgic old-school Tokyo style, made with a soup of pork and gyokai dashi with a simple shoyu tare and house-made noodles. The shop has now been family-run for three generations.