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Ramen in Kokubunji & Koganei

Kokubunji and Koganei are on the JR Chuo Line, about 25 minutes from Shinjuku. Tonogayato Garden is a few minutes from Kokubunji Station.

Kokubunji is where the Mutahiro group opened its first shop in 2011; nearby you'll find Niigata-style back-fat ramen and abura soba specialists.

Mensoken Kurenai Kokubunji

麺創研 紅 国分寺

Spicy miso · Miso · Tsukemen · ¥980〜

The house-standard spicy miso ramen (heat level 3), served with house-made noodles cut in seven different thicknesses.

🚉 Kokubunji · 3 min walk

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Tsubaki Shokudo

◯つばき食堂

Shio · Miso · Other

A roadside ramen shop (formerly Ramen Shop Tsubaki) with parking, open from early morning, reached by bus from Musashi-Koganei.

🚉 Musashi-Koganei

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Ippei Soba

一平ソバ

Mazesoba

An abura-soba specialist: thick noodles tossed in a house-made sauce, finished with toppings and condiments; terrace seating and parking.

🚉 Higashi-Koganei · 15 min walk

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Chuka Soba Mutahiro No.1

中華そば ムタヒロ 1号店

Niboshi (dried sardine) · Shoyu · Shio · Tsukemen

The original Mutahiro shop (opened 2011), known for dried-sardine (niboshi) soba in soy-sauce and salt versions.

🚉 Kokubunji · 1 min walk

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Tsubame-Sanjo Hojuntei

燕三条 豊潤亭

Niboshi (dried sardine) · Other

Tsubame-Sanjo style ramen from Niigata: extra-thick noodles in a niboshi-forward broth topped with back fat, adjustable from light to 'oni' (about 4x).

🚉 Musashi-Koganei · 3 min walk

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Tori Soba Mutahiro No.2

鶏そば ムタヒロ 2号店

Shoyu · Shio · Tsukemen

The chicken-focused branch of the Mutahiro group, serving soy-sauce and salt 'tori soba' plus dipping-style tsuke soba.

🚉 Kokubunji · 4 min walk

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Tsukemen Momiji

自家製麺つけ麺 紅葉

Tsukemen · Mazesoba

A tsukemen specialist since 2006 making its own noodles, with rotating limited-time noodle dishes.

🚉 Kokubunji · 5 min walk

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Takanochume

たかのちゅめ

Shoyu · Shio · Tsukemen · Tantanmen · Mazesoba · ¥890〜

A light-tasting chicken soy-sauce ramen with pork and chicken chashu, egg and wontons, made with soy sauce and other ingredients from the owner's home prefecture of Fukui.

🚉 Hana-Koganei · 4 min walk

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Chuka Soba Issei

中華そば 一清

Shio · Shoyu

A chicken-based chuka soba with kombu and bonito, offered in salt or soy sauce with thin straight noodles of Japanese wheat.

🚉 Musashi-Koganei

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