Awaya Iccho

Leave Higashi-Nakano Station, and nearby you’ll find this small shop which has just counter and loft seating. The menu is based around food from Tokushima, such as Tokushima specialty takechikuwa (a tube-shaped fish cake baked around a bamboo stick) and the popular cheap-eat fish-katsu (a deep-fried breaded fish cutlet). The main item on the menu here, however, is Tokushima’s local somen, handa somen. Handa somen is made with a thicker noodle, which have a satisfyingly firm bite, and are rather filling. There is also a large range of other noodle dishes on the menu, including deka-kitsune onmen, abura somen and inaka bukkake.