Recommended bowl: Miso w/ butter

A popular shop only open at night. Serves Tokyo style clear tonkotsu ramen with pork back fat and optional miso tare. Noodles are supplied by Kawashima Seimenjo, based in Edogawa-ku. Topping options are kombu & wakame seaweed, butter, as well as the usual makings for great customizing. Master Katsuyuki Shirai-san trained at Kazuki in Ebisu, then Wakui in Nishi-Arai for 12 years before going independent. He wanted to work at a ramen shop or a sushi restaurant when he was young. He passed the ramen interview first. Open since 1996.