Nagoya is a land of poorly conceived mass transit, but most shops are still navigable by train. Showa-tei, on the other hand, is pretty much impossible to access without a car. The nearest station is approximately 4300 meters away.
A humble shack, decked out in early 1950s and 60s era pop culture, the period most Japanese imagine when they hear the words "showa." Think of the film "Always: Sunset on Third Street" for the most hackneyed caricature of such a period and its paraphernalia.
Look at all those buttons! This menu would take weeks to sample, and then would likely be replaced by another buffet of new thought experiments. The offerings include a habanero shrimp cream sauce ramen, a rich crab mazemen (soupless noodle), and Italian ochazuke.
Ideally this place would be frequented by a dozen enterprising ramen freaks, everyone ordering a different bowl and swiping at each other's like a group of starving orphans. But it was just myself and my cousins, and we all wanted the same bowl of their most popular offering: a shoyu infused with the dashi of flying fish.
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| Tobiuo shoyumen (980yen) |
A work of art, with a rich, almost syrupy shoyu full of powerful fish flavor. Not many options to trick out the bowl with eggs and things, but the standard has great chashu...
...and good, thin noodles that paired well with the dense broth.
All bowls here are a little more than you'd pay elsewhere, not surprising considering the constant and copious amount of limited-edition bowls. Their location probably doesn't get a lot of regulars out here , but that also means the competition isn't stiff either.
Aichi, Tokoname-shi, Kariyacho136
Closest stn: Rinku Tokoname (60 min walk or a 10 min drive)
Open from 1130am-2pm and 6-9pm Wednesday-Sunday
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