Best Local Specialty Restaurants In Kyushu・Okinawa
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At lively Kokusai-dori Street, Ryukyu Coffee Kan is located quietly. Its 'Bukubuku Coffee' is very tasty! Freshly brewed coffee, and bubbling foam with nice savory aroma put on it! Then, drop the syrup of brown sugar. I love its great balance of sweetness, bitterness and savoriness.
Name
Ryukyu Coffee Kan
Address
1-2-16 Makishi, Naha-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
Tel
098-869-6996
Hours
11:00-22:30
How to get there
8 min walk from Kencho-mae (Prefectural Office) Station

You can eat the whole fresh squid sumptuously! The clear and beautiful squid tastes especially good.
Name
Isaribi
Address
1467-1 Yobiko Yobiko-cho, Karatsu-shi, SagaGoogle Map
Tel
0955-82-5224
Hours
10:00-20:00
How to get there

A specialty store of smoothie made from famous mongo grown in Miyako Island and other 15 or more kinds. On the middle of your journey, take a calm rest in a hammock on the grass. The interior like tropical countries is also attractive.
Name
AOSORA PARLOR
Address
104-1 Shimojikurima, Miyakojima-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
Tel
0980-76-3900
Hours
10:00-18:00
How to get there

Miyako-jima Island has a comfort food for the local people. A pork cutlet on the fried rice is big enough. One of the three best noodle making factories, Hisamatsu Seimen-jo runs this restaurant, you can eat Miyako-soba noodle with delicious clear soup together.
Name
Jinku-ya
Address
84 Shimozato Hirara, Miyakojima-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
Tel
0980-73-4017
Hours
11:00-16:00
Closed
Tue

Kawa-ya grills the chicken skin again and again till it becomes crisp and a man can eat up 20 or 30 sticks. The other dishes like rare white meat also taste good.
Name
Kawaya
Address
1F Yoshitake Bldg 2-16-10 Kego Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, FukuokaGoogle Map
Tel
092-741-4567
Hours
17:00-24:00
How to get there

The extra Champon is sticky noodle with dense and creamy secret soup and sumptuous seafood such as shark fin. It is the most popular in the restaurant.
Name
Kozanro Main Shop
Address
12-2 Shinchi-machi, Nagasaki-shi, NagasakiGoogle Map
Tel
095-821-3735
Hours
11:00-21:00
How to get there

The special Sasebo Hamburger uses 'Nagasaki beef' the best beef in Japan and sauce transmitted from United States navy. So, it's a premium hamburger!
Name
Sasebo Burger Main Shop
Address
190 Funakoshi-machi, Sasebo-shi, NagasakiGoogle Map
Tel
0956-28-2771
Hours
10:00-20:00
How to get there

Just near Shuri-jo Castle! 'Shuri Horikawa' stands in a residential area. Mild soup is excellent with homemade noodle. Since it has an atmosphere like café, a women can enter at ease. Stop here on the way to Shuri-jo Castle.◎Access: 2min walk from Shuri-jo. 10min walk from Shuri Station of Yui Rail (monorail). Open: 11:00~18:00 (L.O17:45) Regular Holiday: Thursdays
Name
Shuri Horikawa
Address
1-27 Shurimawashi-cho, Naha-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
Tel
098-886-3032
Hours
11:00-18:00
Closed
Thu

The local specialty Turkish rice in Nagasaki where various foreign cultures mix. Pilaf, pork cutlet and Neapolitan spaghetti are mixed in one plate like the fusion of some cultures. So you enjoy eating the traditional superb dish at the oldest cafe 'Tsuruchan' in Kyusyu.
Name
Tusuchan
Address
2-47 Aburayamachi, Nagasaki-shi, NagasakiGoogle Map
Tel
095-824-2679
Hours
9:00-22:00
How to get there

KAME ANDAGI located at Umikaji Terrace on Senaga-jima Island, is a specialty shop of Sata andagi. The most popular topping, cream cheese & blueberry is very delicious.◎Access: 10min by car from Naha Airport Free shuttle bus available from Akamine Station and Palette Kumoji
Name
KAME ANDAGI
Address
Umikaji Terrace 174-6 Senaga, Tomigusuku-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
Tel
098-851-4171
Hours
10:00-21:00

Grilled rice balls that look cute and are perfect for eating while walking. I chose shiso and mentaiko as the topping. There is another kind, "Shiso and Takana". Mentaiyaki rice ball ¥230 + topping ¥50
Name
Fukutaro Dazaifu-Store
Address
1-14-28 Dazaifu, Dazaifu-shi, Fukuoka, JapanGoogle Map
Tel
092-924-0088
Hours
9:00-17:30
How to get there
1 min walk, from Dazaifu Station

KITCHEN inaba offers the food of delicious Iriomote Island specialties. Among them, don’t miss Tataki (lightly roasted) Ryukyu boar and Gazami crab pasta because they're original only around here.
Name
KITCHEN inaba
Address
742-6 Uehara Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, OkinawaGoogle Map
Tel
0980-84-8164
Hours
11:30-14:30,18:00-22:30
Closed
Mon
How to get there
10min by car from Uehara Port

The collaboration between the light soup and thin noodle is nice. Photo is a ramen with roasted pork fillet. Here in Tenjin opens till 3 in the midnight, you can go after the sightseeing in Hakata.
Name
ShinShin
Address
1F 3-2-19 Tenjin Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, FukuokaGoogle Map
Tel
092-732-4006
Hours
11:00-3:00
Closed
Sun
How to get there

Let's eat euglena food and take many nutritions in a nice restaurant.
Name
Euglena Garden
Address
270-2 Okawa, Ishigaki-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
Tel
0980-87-5711
Hours
11:00-22:00

Tousen-kyo Valley in Ibusuki has been familiar to the local people as a summer resort for a long time. The flowing spring water is selected as one of the best 100 waters in Heisei era, and brings out the taste of somen more. I recommend their fresh river fish dishes, too.
Name
Chojyuan Tosenkyo-Store
Address
77 Kaimonsenta, Ibusuki-shi, KagoshimaGoogle Map
Tel
0993-32-3155
Hours
10:00-19:00,10:00-20:00,10:00-16:00
How to get there

Kagoshima's specialty Shirokuma (means white bear) is shaved fluffy ice with homemade condense milk and colorful fruits like jewels. It's gorgeous but a familiar taste somehow, a comfort food of people in Kagoshima.
Name
Tenmonkan Mujyaki Main-Store
Address
5-8 Sennichi-cho, Kagoshima-shi, KagoshimaGoogle Map
Tel
099-222-6904
Hours
10:00-22:00,11:00-22:00
How to get there

The first black vinegar restaurant Kakuida. Fukuyama Kurozu made by the traditional method lasted from Edo period is a power food good for beauty and health. This Sanratan (hot and sour soup) noodle used the black vinegar is very delicious!
Name
Kakuida
Address
311-2 Ota Fukuyama Fukuyama-cho, Kirishima-shi, KagoshimaGoogle Map
Tel
0995-55-3231
Hours
8:30-17:30
How to get there

You can enjoy the proud beef in Ishigaki Island at a reasonable price. Also for the side dish, they use Ishigaki foodstuffs you can't meet elsewhere.
Name
Ishigaki-ya
Address
547-7 Maezato, Ishigaki-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
Tel
0980-82-4400
Hours
11:30-14:00,17:00-21:30
Closed
Tue

I visit here when I eager to eat the good giblets. Vegetables and noodles are delicious, too.
Name
Hakata Motsunabe Yamanaka Akasakaten
Address
1-9-1 Akasaka Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, FukuokaGoogle Map
Tel
092-716-2263
Hours
17:00-23:30
Closed
Wed
How to get there

It's a local sushi made of 'zuke', Spanish mackerel or tuna preserved in soy sauce, and sweetened rice. It was originally handed down from Hachijo Island to Daito island. Then, now it's famous as a lunch box you can buy at Naha Airport and eat in a plane, this shop sells it.
Name
Kisaku
Address
2-18-6 Maejima, Naha-shi, OkinawaGoogle Map
Tel
098-861-5501
Hours
18:00-24:00
Closed
Sun

