3 Best Restaurants in Kyushu, Japan

Aoyagi

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The extensive menu here includes regional favorites in addition to sushi and tofu dishes. You can relax in a booth or sit at the counter and admire the skilled chefs.

1--2--10 Shimotori, Kumamoto, Kumamoto-ken, 860-0807, Japan
096-353–0311
Known For
  • basashi
  • tempura-style karashi renkon (lotus root stuffed with fiery chile and mustard powder)
  • near Kumamoto Castle tram stop

Kumasotei: Traditional Satsuma Cuisine

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This restaurant offers the best of Kumamoto specialties in a maze of private and semiprivate Japanese-style rooms. There's an English-language menu with helpful photos, and staff can give recommendations for dishes.

6--10 Higashi Sengoku-cho, Kagoshima, Kagoshima-ken, 892-0842, Japan
099-222–6356
Known For
  • satsuma-age (fish cakes filled with potato or burdock root)
  • kurobuta tonkotsu (breaded, fried pork cutlets from locally bred black pigs)
  • multicourse menus with a selection of local dishes

Nagomi

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This restaurant serves the famous local beef, which I can be cooked in the teppan style, table-side. The most popular menu is steak, but they also have yakiniku (Japanese beef BBQ), beef on rice, and beef hamburger steak.

1099--1 Mitai, Mitai, Miyazaki-ken, 882-1101, Japan
0982-73–1109
Known For
  • yakiniku
  • wide selection of steak dishes
  • beef and more beef
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