**External link to the website except written in Japanese
Going to Matsudo on JR Joban line (JR常磐線松戸駅) by train, exactly 8 p.m. I arrived at Ramen Jiro Matsudo (ラーメン二郎松戸駅前店.)
There were maybe 20 customers waiting in line before me in front of this shop; it was a couple of a little man and a big woman ("flea couple") (蚤の夫婦) who was waiting just before me.
Looking at the waiting line carefully, some couples visited this Jiro and were waiting for their chairs. Is Jiro ramen for men? At least most of ramen fans must think that men had better not take their girlfriends to Jiro on a date, I guess. (I remember that Anneke said "Jiro is Japanese kebab" the day before yesterday. Kebab** is regarded as a kind of junk foods in Germany.) Of course I was alone there.
You can see a "flea couple" (蚤の夫婦) on your right side
It took me 45 minutes to sit at the counter.
While I was waiting, with my Gigabeat again and again I was listening to Ramen Jiro Song* (mirror*) which was made and uploaded by voluntary Jiro fans on Nikoniko Doga (ニコニコ動画) and was a parody of a Japanese famous children's song, Aye-aye* (アイアイ.)
Its lyrics say (and original texts of the narration is here*,)
Mashi-mashi, Mashi-mashi, Yasai Mashi-mashi
(増し増し 増し増し 野菜増し増し)
Mashi-mashi, Mashi-mashi, Nin'niku Chomolungma
(増し増し 増し増し にんにくチョマランマ)
Mashi-mashi, Mashi-mashi, Abura Burabura
(増し増し 増し増し 脂ブラブラ)
Mashi-mashi, Mashi-mashi, Dai-Buta-Double de Mashi
(増し増し 増し増し 大・豚ダブルで増し)
Very funny and stupid lyrics. XD
You could not understand this lyrics if you are not a Jiro fan even if you can understand Japanese texts.
It is very difficult (and not needed at all) to translate the lyrics.
But this song and lyrics could excite Jiro fans like me so much and make us feel like eating Jiro early!
Almost exactly 9 p.m. at last ramen was served to me though I got the chair about 8:45 p.m; 1 hour had passed since I got to this shop.
I chose normal-sized ramen (ラーメン) (650 yen.)
It was very easy for me to eat it up all in spite of the fact that the master's wife (called "Matsuko san" 松子さん on the internet) warned me before eating ramen that I had to eat up all of noodles and vegetables.
Quite strangely, I might have looked like a light eater for her.
It took me only 15 minutes to devour it all while I was waiting for ramen for 1 hour.
After leaving this shop, about 9:20 p.m. I decided to go home by walk from Matsudo.
I know the route to my town because I have come to Matsudo by car with my brothers before.
And I have also walked to Matsudo before.
It was about 10:45 p.m. when I arrived at my room though I dropped in at 2 Convenience Stores on my way.
I do not know the exact distance I walked but the rail distance between Kanamachi and Matsudo is 3.9km so I guess I walked more than it.
I was a little tired and feel slight muscular pain in the legs but this walking must have been a good exercise after eating oily ramen.
And I might go there by bicycle next time.
Night view of Matsudo (taken near Katsushika bridge (葛飾橋) on the Chiba side)
I had never eaten ramen at Matsudo Jiro for 5 and half years; it was February 25, 2005 when I ate it there for the first time.
Then I went to Matsudo by walk, not by train, across Edo river (江戸川) from my town, Kanamachi on the Tokyo side.
I have still a clear memory of the cold sunset I saw on Katsushika bridge (葛飾橋) over Edo river then.
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