Recommended bowl: Jiro style miso

Namikaze Tateo in Nishi-Waseda is a shop that specializes in Jiro inspired bowls made with a miso tare sauce. The soup consists of a broth of stewed pig back bones topped with pork back. Other toppings include pork belly chashu, bean sprouts, garlic, and ground sansho peppercorns. The noodles are supplied by Kanezin. This shop was previously known as Gamuraya, opened in 2012, rebranded and reopened as Namikaze Tateo in January 2019.