Tsubasaya Tachikawa

I love ramen and eat ramen everywhere ramen is served around the world. Coming to Japan, only food I had to eat was ramen however due to my work schedule I didn’t get chance to try until the last day in Japan.
Walking back to the Tachikawa JR station to get back to the city, I became hungry for ramen. I probably smelled ramen soup from somewhere. I told my colleague I wanted to eat ramen. Although we had business dinner scheduled at 6:30pm, he agreed to eat a quick bowl of ramen (as our lunch was small). There has to be something near the train station… couldn’t find anything. We walked into a pastry store near the train station to ask for ramen recommendation. I wasn’t sure if the pastry store staff will share information with us or not as we were not going to buy anything from them, he kindly told us two of his favorite ramen shops near the area. Good thing he also loves ramen!
One of the place he mentioned first, he said there is always lines, people waiting outside. Sounds good! I just waited a long time for my ramen in New York. I know how to queue for good food.
It took us a while to find this place. We asked for direction along the way but everyone seemed to know where it was. Another good sign.
When we showed up, the restaurant was closed!!! The door was slightly opened so we asked. They were just closed for break between 4−5pm. We showed up at 4:50pm.
They only have seven stools at counter. Only one person working. You buy your meal ticket at vending machine. We both chose aji-​tama ramen (ramen with boiled egg). Gotta have half boiled egg for ramen! it’s a must!
I ordered mid range soup, mid range soup amount and hard noodle. I like my noodle al dente.
Soup was so thick tonkotsu and chicken base. I can tell this really thick, heavy and rich yet not overwhelming at all. A half way through my ramen, I added extra garlic paste. I was hesitant first as I had business dinner to attend, but I figured by the time we arrive at dinner, we will be 20 mins late and they will start drinking without us, and they won’t care if we smell like garlic. I am glad I added lots of garlic. Garlic paste added additional flavor to the ramen soup. I think we stayed at the ramen shop less than 10 mins. By the time we left, we saw several other customers.
This is a very solid ramen shop. Highly recommend to anyone loves ramen.