It’s almost time. The second location of the insanely-​popular Totto Ramen is gearing up to open. The paper’s come down from the windows, and revealed a nearly-​ready restaurant.

It’s a big change from the brick wall that used to be there, which street view captured:

They’ve been hard at work on the place over the past few months – here’s our previous coverage – but it looks like the construction’s quickly coming to an end. With any luck it’ll split the crowd outside the main Totto Ramen in half, so there’ll actually be a chance to get a seat at one of them.