Recommended bowl: Excellent Jiro branch

This location in Hibarigaoka is one of the highest ranked Ramen Jiro shops in Japan, which includes over 40 outposts in the Kanto region alone. Each shop serves the same basic Jiro style, but as is widely known, each Jiro shop has certain subtleties and adjustments to taste that make some standout more than others. The bowls here are no pushover, with slabs of pork, bean sprouts and cabbage piled high over a salty and rich tonkotsu shoyu soup. Like some other Jiro shops, this branch offers no spoons, no napkins, no toothpicks. Open since 2006.