Mana Burgers in Tenjin Area
Far from just another faddish foodery, the surf-styled Mana Burgers is serious about their "Natural Junk" concept, with a "no-BS, no-MSG" approach. Macrobiotic devotees themselves, partners Hideki and Aki don't intend to preach. "'Macrobiotic' has a stern, drab image&quo... Read more...
Farm in Tenjin Area
Somewhere between Keyaki-dori and Kegohon-dori, there stands a large country-style A-frame structure that seems a bit out of place amidst its urban surroundings. This is "Shokurakukobo Shizenshokuhin no Mise - Farm," normally, and thankfully, simply referred to as "Farm." The... Read more...
Natural Cafe Vege Garden in Minami Area
Thanks to the big green sign, it's easy to find this bright and airy cafe located along Takamiya-dori between Hirao and Takamiya stations. Shelves of carefully selected health foods, books, and cooking accessories form a mini-shop at the entrance. Enter further and pull up a seat at one of the w... Read more...
Cafe Ands Andz in Minami Area
We receive more requests for reports on vegetarian restaurants than any other genre of cuisine. While Ands Andz does not bill itself as a vegetarian restaurant, it certainly serves a lot of vegetable dishes at prices that most can afford. The emphasis on vegetables comes from one of the three ow... Read more...
O-mame Cafe in Tenjin Area
Located in the Lassic Project of Kiyokawa, a former ryokan that was divided into cafes, restaurants and offices, O-mame is a great place for a quiet lunch, coffee, or evening meal. Owners and former track and field partners Sakata and Nakashima now serve well-balanced and healthy home-style Japa... Read more...
Tulip Soup in Tenjin Area
Buzzwords like organic, healthy, and all-natural are tossed around these days like a good salad should be - but at the recently sprung-up Tulip, a bright and airy cafe by the Yakuin four-way intersection, they mean business. Supportive of Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) and the Sl... Read more...
Macrobiotic Cafe Evah Dining in Tenjin Area
When Megumi Yamamoto became pregnant with her first child she became very conscious of her diet. After researching and experimenting with a wide variety of options, she finally settled on macrobiotics. The history of macrobiotics can be traced back to the work of a Japanese army doctor at the e... Read more...
Gumbo & Oyster Bar Fukuoka Nishinakasu in Tenjin Area
Japan's most glamorous export is its pearls, and the producers of these native gemstones are no less exquisite: oysters are pure luxury for the tastebuds. At the brand new "Gumbo and Oyster Bar", pearls take a backseat to the rich, sumptuous flavors of oysters. This swanky new bar, lo... Read more...
Rustic Barn
Most people head out to Itoshima for the surf, sand and mountains. So after a full day of sightseeing or being outdoors it's nice to have a quiet and cool place to chill-out in. Rustic Barn, a simple, old Japanese country house with a garden, patio and hammock, is just the place. If it feels li... Read more...
Nihonretto no Oishiimonoga Aru Mise in Minami Area
As the name bluntly states, they serve a huge variety of delicious specialty foods sourced directly from as far north as Hokkaido, to Okinawa in the south. Owner Nakahara-san literally drives around the country scouting for unique foods, most of which are unavailable elsewhere. He recently scor... Read more...
Kinenan in Tenjin Area
After years of preparing Chinese food in one of Fukuoka's top international hotels, Sasaki-san, this native of Dalian recently opened her own restaurant on Kego-hondori. "Food isn't just fuel", she explains, "It should replenish the body with nutrients and give the soul a boost.&... Read more...
Bagel & Bagel in Tenjin Area
After years of apprenticing at bakeries in America, Bagel & Bagel owner Hiroki Hayashi realized that to bake a good bagel you needed "cold country" wheat, clean water, and the proper yeast and salt. According to him "it's simply impossible to make a nice bagel with Japanese w... Read more...
Tabemonoya Lau Lau in Tenjin Area
With the modernization of farming methods, agriculture literally is being pulled from its organic roots (no pun intended!). It's comforting to see folks going out of their way to educate others and provide healthy and delicious alternatives to regular restaurant fare. For the last 19 years, the... Read more...
Hakozaki Tororo
Those huge, off-white, giant carrot-like vegetables that you see on supermarket shelves across Japan are yamaimo (Japanese mountain potato). They can be peeled, sliced and eaten raw, or mixed with other foods after having been pulverized into a thick sticky blob of goo, known as tororo. But tha... Read more...
Nonobudo in Tenjin Area
For many foreigners, maintaining a healthy diet in Japan is a challenge. Fruits and vegetables aren't quite the same as back home, and neither are the prices! Eating can be good value, but it's hard to find a full, healthy meal. Until now. Nonobudo has arrived to take over the sorely missed Siz... Read more...
Queen's Deli in Tenjin Area
This bright shop and cafe with a New York-ish interior is everything a deli should be: Healthy and innovative light food is served until late, the staff are super-friendly and efficient, and it's open all hours for coffee or a light meal. Choose from the deli "plates" to eat in (which... Read more...
Food Store Tataraya in Tenjin Area
If you live in Nishijin, you're in luck and if you don't, now you have a good reason to go. Tucked along a small side street, this tiny and rather unremarkable one-room diner is actually a marvellous find for those who'll appreciate the creative genius of chef and owner Tatara's culinary origin... Read more...
Yougen in Tenjin Area
Low fat foods, vegetarian dishes and brown rice. Sounds trendy and faddish? Think again. Serving 100% vegetarian traditional Japanese meals has been Yougen's speciality for nearly 10 years in Orio, Kitakyushu, and since last year, more conveniently in Tenjin. Artfully garnished and delicious to... Read more...
New York Health Kitchen and Cafe in Tenjin Area
Stylish yet unpretentious, this New York warehouse-inspired cafe / restaurant is as health-conscious as it is sophisticated, bringing to Fukuoka the diverse cooking influences owners Koji and Yuko Kabashima encountered during their 10 years in New York. The lunch sets (960yen) feature organic v... Read more...
Hanafusa in Tenjin Area
Three years ago Toshio and Emiko Hanafusa shut the doors on Cook Doll, one of Fukuoka's most popular natural food restaurants and retreated to their home located a stone's throw from Maizuru Koen and the ruins of Fukuoka Castle. There, on a reservation-only basis, they serve 100% organic vege... Read more...
