Like many restaurants in Japan, they have a ticket machine at the entrance. This can be a good or bad thing. Its good for those who love self service and can read the local language. You pay, get the ticket, sit down, and hand over the ticket. Some machines have pictures instead of the local script which make it easier on foreign folk like myself. The prices are clearly shown and you know what you are paying for since tipping is not the norm here. You could still order stuff once you've sat down.
You can select the amoung of noodles you think you can devour. Tetsu gives you the option to load up to 500 grams of noodles. You can also choose cold, hot, or a combination of both type of noodles. The last option will get you slightly more noodles. They have seperated the egg, pork, and menma from the dipping soup. The noodles are very similar to Rokurinsha but slightly thinner and a bit less chewy. The soup is a bit saltier and becomes noticeable after a while. Overall, it compares favorably but Rokurinsha edges it out for my preference
I mentioned that the soup will get cold after several dippings. Here they provide a thermos of hot clear soup to pour into the dipping soup.
It warms up the soup to a manageable level and evens out the sodium flavor. It makes it easier to drink once the noodles run out. There is another option that I did not choose. They have a heated egg shaped piece of metal that can be put into the bowl to achieve the same affects. I think its called a yakiishi(sp?). I saw others do it and the bubbling hot mess begins to splatter all over and curtains of napkins begin to rise in defense of the spewing liquid
