Ginza 6-chome, Tokyo

Twelve seats.
One perfect bowl.

Since 1978, Ginza Menya has served a single-minded ramen: an 18-hour tonkotsu broth, noodles cut by hand each morning, and chāshū pressed overnight. No shortcuts. No second location.

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Open 11:00–02:00 daily Bib Gourmand, 2019–2024 Counter only, no bookings
A steaming bowl of tonkotsu ramen with chāshū pork, nori and a soft-boiled egg
1978
Year we opened
220
Bowls served daily
4
Bowls on the menu
12
Seats at the counter
Chef assembling a bowl of ramen behind a wooden counter
Our Craft

The day begins at four in the morning

Master Kenji Ōtsuka took over the counter from his father in 2004. The method has not changed since.

  • Broth, 18 hours

    Kagoshima pork femur and back fat, held at a rolling boil until the collagen turns the stock opaque white.

  • Noodles, cut daily

    Hokkaido wheat, kansui and a 20-hour rest. Straight and thin for tonkotsu, wavy for shoyu.

  • Tare, aged three years

    Our shoyu base uses barrel-aged soy from Shōdoshima, topped up but never emptied since 1991.

The Shop

A narrow room off Ginza

Cedar counter, six stools inside, six along the wall. Queue forms outside under the red noren.

Close-up of ramen noodles being lifted from a bowl with chopsticks
Bowl of shoyu ramen with spring onion and bamboo shoots
Tokyo street at night lit by shop signage
Gyoza and side dishes served alongside ramen

What regulars say

★★★★★
"I've eaten here every Friday for nine years. The tonkotsu has never once tasted different."
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Hiroshi T.
Shinbashi
★★★★★
"Worth the 40-minute queue. Order the yuzu shio and sit at the far end where you can watch the noodle cutter."
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Marie L.
Visiting from Lyon
★★★★★
"Late-night bowl after the last train. Ōtsuka-san still remembers I take extra menma."
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Daniel K.
Chūō-ku
Visit

Come hungry, come early

We don't take reservations. The shortest queues are 14:00–16:00 and after midnight.

Address
6-4-8 Ginza, Chūō-ku, Tokyo 104-0061
Nearest
Ginza Stn., Exit B5 — 3 min walk
Hours
11:00–02:00, seven days. Closed Jan 1–3.
Phone
+81 3-3571-0178

Join the evening wait list

Add your name from 17:00 and we'll text you when a stool opens. Same-day only.

You're on the list — watch for our text.

Questions at the door

The broth is ready at eleven.

Slip under the red noren, buy a ticket, take a stool. We'll do the rest.

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