Place to Eat

Sep 18, 2019 Food & Drink

Samurai Udon

Samurai Udon is located at the Minoshima-kita intersection, a 15-minute walk south from Hakata Station. Shop-owner Hiroyuki Soma’s dedication to udon is like that of a samurai to t...

Sep 18, 2019 Food & Drink

Warabe

Located in the retro-chic Sankaku Ichiba near Yakuin Station, Warabe’s specialty is “yakisoba”. Owner Yuji Endo spent over 20 years...

Sep 18, 2019 Food & Drink

Hakata Tantanmen Toriden – Fukuoka Parco

Toriden, the famous mizutaki (chicken hot pot) purveyor, has forayed into the tantanmen business after the rave reviews generated by the...

Sep 18, 2019 Food & Drink

Maki no Udon

The whir of the noodle-making machines pours out from the open kitchen as the waitstaff rush back and forth. Meanwhile, your udon seems to last forever. Welcome to Maki no Udon! Or...

Sep 18, 2019 Food & Drink

Yabukin

Ask a local where to go for great soba (buckwheat noodles) in Daimyo, and they’ll most likely point you in the direction of this 60-year-old restaurant. Last July, Yabukin relocate...

Nov 27, 2018 Food & Drink

Ensei

Opened in April 2018, Ensei brings a new style of udon to the table. After running a branch of the popular udon shop Josui in Saitama for over eight years, shop manager Iwasaka mov...

Jun 26, 2018 Food & Drink

Murata Akasaka Keyaki-dori

Murata, one of the city’s better known purveyors of soba, opened up its second shop on the chic Keyaki-dori Ave. in Akasaka this April. The shop is headed up by second generation o...

Sep 28, 2016 Food & Drink

Udon Biyori

Chie Yarimizu wanted to run a restaurant where she could see people go about their daily life, so the residential location near the Baikoen Greenway was perfect for Udon Biyori. Or...

Jun 26, 2019 Food & Drink

Niwakaya Chosuke

Niwakaya Chosuke, which opened in Yakuin nine years ago and now has branches and sister shops in Fukuoka and Tokyo, was amongst the pioneers of the udon bar phenomenon. The noodles...

Oct 26, 2018 Food & Drink

Hanagen Honzenan

On the 10th floor of Kitte Hakata is a laid-back soba restaurant called Hanagen Honzenan. The noodles are carefully crafted every morning from soba flour milled in-house and delive...