Tsukemen vs Ramen

Okubo Park in Kabukicho continues its parade of mouth-watering food events with this intense gourmet battle, again held to find out whether noodles taste better served in soup or in dipping form. Every week from October 6 to 31, five tsukemen joints and five ramen shops go head to head, with the burden of picking a winner left to you, the slurpers. A total of 40 eateries from all over the country will be participating: if you're looking for safe bets, try Ichigaya's Menya Shono, Shinagawa from Ikebukuro, or renegade noodle wizard Kazuo Ishizuka's Due Italian. Tsukemen took home the title last year – can ramen muster a comeback in 2016?