Recommended bowl: Nakameguro ramen

One of the higher ranked shops in the Nakameguro area, run by master Murata-san. The soup is made from chickens, toribushi and gyokai. All of the ingredients are carefully sourced. The chickens come from Iwate Prefecture; the shoyu is from Ibaraki prefecture; and the mirin used is from Gifu. No MSG here. After the great Tohoku earthquake of 2011, Murata-san connected with noodle supplier Hanada Seimen in Fukushima prefecture, to help support the devastated region. Every noodle that is made by Haneda Seimen is checked for radioactivity. Until now no noodles have ever tested positive.