I arrived early before the dinner opening hours. When i got there there were a few high school kids waiting already. the one i ended up seated at the counter by apparently thought it was so cool to be sitting next to me lol. at first when he got his ramen i looked at it because i hadn’t gotten mine yet and he did the “nods head looks good” kind of expression at me lol. then when i got mine he looked at my ramen and again looked at me like “nice man”. while i was eating i saw once or twice that he looked to see if i was eating it all or whatever. the students finished before me and as my counter neighbor passed by he stood next to me with his hand raised like ✋???? and I was thinking... huh?? and then realized he wanted a high five lol.

i love experiencing ramen with locals like this. you don't get this experience at a place like ichiran where you have some private little counter room.