Takanochume

The shop

Takanochume opened on December 6, 2022 (Tabelog). The shop says the owner personally selects ingredients from Fukui Prefecture, his birthplace, including soy sauce, rice, water, pork, chicken, chicken bones, kombu and soda-bushi (dried frigate mackerel).

The bowl

The most popular bowl, the toku shoyu ramen (special chicken soy-sauce ramen), looks dark but is described by the shop as light-tasting. It is topped with pork shoulder and chicken breast chashu, a seasoned egg and wontons. The menu also has chicken salt ramen, chicken tsukemen in soy sauce or salt, tantanmen, a light niboshi ramen and mazesoba.

How to order

First-timers can follow the shop's own recommendation, the special chicken soy-sauce ramen, or choose the plain or seasoned-egg versions of the soy-sauce or salt ramen. Extra noodles, wontons and a special topping set can be added. As of the menu updated in July 2025, bowls start at ¥890 for the light niboshi ramen. A children's ramen is available.

Before you go

• Open 11:00-15:00 (LO 14:40) and 18:00-21:00 (LO 20:40); closed Wednesdays, but open when Wednesday is a holiday.
• PayPay and Alipay accepted; credit cards and e-money are not (Tabelog).
• 19 seats including tables; families and strollers are welcome.
• No dedicated parking; use nearby coin parking.
• About 4-5 minutes on foot from the north exit of Hana-Koganei Station (Seibu Shinjuku Line).