Sitting on the floor eating Ramen

I am in Gotemba tonight. The only nice thing to say about our Hotel Route-Inn Gotemba is the view from the front windows on Mount Fuji.

After a long day we were hungry and 6 of our group decided to try a Ramen place just opposite from the hotel. All chairs and tables were full of Japanese people and so the waitress showed us to a small side room with two larger tables. No shoes allowed.

One was already occupied and it was the one more comfortable. The very low table stood over a hole in the floor where you could hang your legs in. The remaining table was the same hight, but no hole under it. We all managed to sit some how at this table, most of us uncomfortable.
Our luck was that they had one English menu, but a waitress without any of that vocabulary.

I ordered Shoyu Ramen or Soy Sauce Ramen. With some toppings, but the order later came without them. The broth was a good dashi and beef stock with a bit of fat on top.
The noodles were chewy and took the broth well.

The whole experiance was different from the Tonkotsu Ramen I had in Tokyo.