Recommended bowl: Japanese gold

This small shop, tucked away on a quiet side street in Nishiazabu, serves excellent shoyu ramen. President Ryohei Itou hails from the Tachikawa area, and he is proud to call his ramen 'Tachikawa style.’ Similar to Hachioji style, made with a clear shoyu soup, thin curly noodles, diced onions and sliced pork chashu. One thing that separates this bowl is the use of olive oil in the soup—light, golden, and refreshing. Rakkan has a couple of other locations in Tokyo, as well as one in downtown Los Angeles that opened in 2017. Nishiazabu branch open since 2011.