Visited in late July 2026, around 1 p.m. on a weekday. Maybe because the lunch peak had passed, I basically had the place to myself. A bowl of ramen was just under 1000 yen. Much appreciated in these times of rising prices. When I went, the air conditioning was set on the mild side. Ordered the shoyu chashu-men and gyoza (400 yen). The soup was on the lighter side, like an "old-fashioned shoyu ramen." Salty with just a tiny hint of sourness. Nice that it's topped with komatsuna. The chashu isn't oily either, more on the light side. Long ago, during summer vacations as a kid, my grandfather would order delivery ramen for me, and this tastes the closest to that… this is it, this is it. This is what I'd been looking for. The gyoza are light enough that you can keep popping them in without them clashing with the ramen. It was delicious.

A ramen shop in Kanda Ogawamachi. It has been in business for a long time in a fiercely competitive ramen area and is now in old-establishment territory. A small shop with counter seats only. Not so popular that lines form, but it has lots of regulars. Around here, ramen over 1.000 yen is becoming the norm, but at Matoi you can eat for 650 yen. You can eat for about the price of a bento. The ramen is the orthodox type. No edgy distinctive features, but you can tell the soup is carefully made. The saltiness is strong, but the shio ramen is delicious. The miso is red-miso based with a dry flavor. The tantanmen also has a light, thin soup, mildly spicy and tasty. My impression is that a lot of people order miso. It's not the heavy, over-the-top ramen of recent years, so it's gentle on the stomach and doesn't sit heavy. That may be why so many of the regulars are middle-aged and older. It's simple and has no particular features, but it's ramen that makes you think "but that's exactly what makes it good.

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I had the miso chashu-men. Its distinctive feature was a sourness like umeboshi. Even though I drank almost all of the miso ramen soup, my stomach somehow feels light and refreshed even after leaving the shop. The guilt of taking in all those calories was cancelled out by the refreshing umeboshi. A one-of-a-kind flavor. I'd love to stop by again when I'm in the area. Thank you for the meal!

Visited R8.7 on a weekday at 11:35　0 customers before me　1 customer after Counter seats only inside 1 male staff member Bought shio ramen 650 yen•large noodles 100 yen with cash at the ticket machine Served after about a 5-minute wait The shio ramen was decently tasty Thank you for the meal When I left at 11:54, 1 customer in the shop A cheap ramen shop that's decently tasty

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The chashu is a bit dry. The bamboo shoots are still stringy. The soup lacks punch, maybe because it doesn't use much chicken or seafood. The noodles are the springy, chewy type. The wonton is ordinary. But it's cheap. There's a reason it has lasted more than 10 years here.

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