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Kishibe's queue-forming Jiro-style shop. The base bowl is 300g of noodles at ¥1,100, with a famous house system: clip a clothespin to your ticket and each pin subtracts 50g. Sizes run small (200g) to large (500g), with garlic, vegetables and fat adjusted by call. The soup is an emulsified tonkotsu with soy sauce out front; the soft, extra-wide flat noodles get compared to Ise udon; the pork chashu comes in big cuts. Opinion splits between "dangerously addictive" and "soft noodles aren't for me." When full, buy your ticket and wait outside for staff to call you in. [Web] Tabelog 3.52 with 317 reviews and 8,542 saves — attention from the ramen scene far beyond its Google score. Listed on Ramen Database; summer-only cold "Kamatama (rei)" (¥1,100) and pop-up collaborations keep enthusiasts watching. Irregular holidays are announced on social media.