Menya Nakamura
Matsuyama's premier salt ramen restaurant. An extremely simple format: counter seating for 8 only, evenings only, closes when the broth runs out. Selected as Tabelog WEST Top 100 Ramen (2017 & 2018). The sharp, clean broth using chicken bones and Seto Inland Sea salt can only be found in Matsuyama. Frequented by Yakult Swallows baseball players.
'This is the only salt ramen in Matsuyama worth visiting.' 'Simple means there's no room to fake it.' 'Sometimes impossible to enter without reservation.' Tabelog 3.58, 408 reviews. Yahoo Maps 4.02, 52 reviews. Former Tabelog Top 100; consistently high ratings for years. No PR or sakura evidence.