A narrow ten-seat counter ramen shop tucked into the Shintenchi block, famous across Hiroshima for its level-based spicy tsukemen. The room is tight and old-school — reggae usually on the speakers, the chef timing noodles with a stopwatch and shocking them in ice water right at the counter. Visitors come for the Hiroshima wide-cold-dipping-broth style: cold chewy noodles on one side of the plate, a heap of shredded cabbage, cucumber, char-siu and green onion on the other, dunked into a dark sesame-rich chili dipping broth. Open until the small hours, it draws the late-night drinking crowd from the surrounding bars.
