Honke Daiichi Asahi Honten

Honke Daiichi Asahi Honten is a ramen shop near Kyoto Station that serves shoyu ramen and draws a steady morning crowd. It offers basic ramen, mini ramen, and a meat-heavy ramen, and the broth can be paired with gochugaru and dadegi. The shop is open from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m., and when your turn approaches you pay in advance at a kiosk and hand in your order slip. The wait line is long, with waits running from 40 minutes to over two hours.