This is a packed lunchtime operation where business folks gather and quickly fill the popular space for homemade soba. Dinnertime brings a mellower vibe, and a crowd of beer- and sake-sipping patrons ordering plates of spicy fried chicken and yakitori. Appetizers may include a salad of assorted pickles and simmered daikon in a sweet ginger dressing. Skip over the fried seafood in favor of the soba totto gozen set, which includes the wonderful noodles in fragrant dashi; or try one of the many delicious dons topped with sea urchin and salmon roe or soy-marinated tuna, grated yam and egg.