Place to Eat

Jun 26, 2019 Food & Drink

Kajishika

Once a popular yatai, Kajishika reopened as a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Naraya-machi in 2017. The new shop is as popular as ever, with locals and out-of-town visitors who keep...

Nov 27, 2017 Food & Drink

Roccasha

In Fukuoka, the basic ingredients of motsunabe (tripe hot pot) are simple—beef tripe, cabbage and chives—so the difference lies in...

Oct 10, 2017 Food & Drink

Ganso Hakata Mentaiju

With little custom of eating breakfast out in Japan, there are few morning spots in Fukuoka to start your day. But what is even harder to fathom...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Toriden Hakata Honten

For its mizutaki (chicken hot pot), Toriden insists on only using ingredients from Kyushu. Toriden uses only whole chickens to make its soup, which takes six hours. The Toriden sty...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Fukutaro Tenjin Terra

This cafe and shop combo is owned and operated by Fukutaro, one of Fukuoka’s most well-known producers of mentaiko (spicy cod roe). Here you can enjoy mentaiko on a bowl of warm ri...

Aug 28, 2017 Food & Drink

Tetsunabe Nakasu Honten

Tetsunabe, or gyoza served in a cast iron skillet, were first served in food stalls in the 1960s but have since become a Hakata favorite.

Nov 27, 2015 Food & Drink

Umeyama Teppei Shokudo

Umeyama Teppei Shokudo opened near Tenjin with the aim of providing delicious, locally sourced meals. The menu changes daily since 20 different kinds of fresh fish are procured eve...

Jan 1, 2009 Food & Drink

Hakatarou

Fukuoka is famous for its abundance of affordable and tasty eateries, but many of these places fall into the traditional izakaya category: colorful, compact and literally hives of ...

Apr 25, 2019 Food & Drink

Oishi Koriya Tenjin-minami

Owned and operated by a long-standing local ice-maker, Oishi Koriya offers extraordinary kakigori (shaved ice). The shop uses ice frozen slowly over 72 hours into extremely hard, p...