Shio Ramen Shinka 2nd is a shio (salt) ramen specialist in Okura-cho, Machida, in a residential area most easily reached by bus from Tsurukawa Station on the Odakyu line. It opened in October 2022 as a separate brand from Machida Shiruba Shio Ramen Shinka, which chef Shintaro Sekiguchi founded in October 2007. In the 2023 TRY Ramen Award it took 1st place for shio and 3rd place for clear-broth tsukemen in the new-shop division, and it was selected for Tabelog's "Ramen Hyakumeiten TOKYO 2025" (100 notable ramen shops in Tokyo).
What kind of shop it is
Despite carrying the Shinka name, this is not a branch serving the brand's original bowl — it was built around a different concept. Note that the founding shop in Morino, Machida has since ceased operating; the brand now continues as Machida Shiruba Shio Ramen Shinka Machida Ekimae-ten in Haramachida, Machida (per the notice on the TRY Ramen Award official site). The soup is a chintan (clear) broth built on whole chicken and combined with more than 20 animal and seafood ingredients, seasoned with a blend of four salts from Japan and Vietnam. The noodles are house-made and hand-kneaded from a blend of five wheat varieties. Toppings pair pork belly chashu with low-temperature-cooked chicken thigh. (Details as reported by Time Out Tokyo and the TRY Ramen Award official site.)
What to order
The signature bowl is the shio ramen — the one that took 1st place for shio in the TRY new-shop division — listed at ¥950 on the TRY official site. For dipping noodles there is the shio tsukemen (¥1,100), which placed 3rd in the clear-broth tsukemen category, and as a change of pace the seabura shoga no shio ramen, a bowl combining back fat and ginger, listed from ¥1,000 by Time Out Tokyo as of January 2024. Rice sides such as chashu rice (¥400) and chicken-shio rice (¥380) are also offered (opening-period prices from Tabelog Magazine's coverage of the shop's opening). Note that all of these are prices from earlier points in time, and they may since have been revised.
Tips for visiting
This is not a station-front shop: it is roughly a 20-minute walk from the North Exit of Tsurukawa Station. The bus is the practical option — it is a 2-minute walk from the "Shimo-okura" stop on the Kanachu bus. The TRY Ramen Award official site lists hours of 11:30–15:00 and 18:00–22:00, closed Mondays (the following day when Monday is a public holiday). The shop publishes no website, and announcements go out through its X account (@shinka_2nd). Temporary closures, schedule changes, and early closing when the soup sells out are all possible, so check X before you go.