Japanese Food Spots in Kagoshima Area

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Kagoshima
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  Kagoshima
  
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Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

Ibusuki City Tosen Gorge Somen Nagashi

4.0

198 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Ibusukishi Kaimonjucchou 5967

Tosen Gorge is the birthplace of the circular somen noodle flume and this city-run restaurant and attraction is visited by some 200 thousand people annually. Open year round, here diners can enjoy somen noodles whirling in spring water selected as one of the 100 best waters in Japan in the modern era. In addition to somen, the restaurant’s sets comprised of such local dishes as trout broiled with salt, carp soup, and carp sashimi served over ice. Approximately 25 minutes by car from Ibusuki Station.

I am a noodle lover and had a brilliant time at this somen nahashi restaurant. Picking up noodle was a fan challenge and the dipping sauce was so tasty! It takes time to get there with limited public...
Grilled Eel Sueyoshi

4.0

170 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Higashisengokuchou 14-10

This long-established eel specialty restaurant is located in Kagoshima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Tenmonkan Street in the downtown area. The restaurant uses the eels from Osumi Peninsula, which are special even among Kagoshima’s abundance of eel farms, due to the care taken in raising them with the spring water from the Shirasu Plateau. Soaked in a secret sauce that had been handed down for around 80 years, the restaurant’s prized eels are grilled over a charcoal fire. Popular menu items include the “Unadon” and “Unaju,” which are bursting with the delicious taste of the eels. A square of colored paper on which the children’s author, Hatoju Muku wrote “Sueyoshi has the best eel in Japan” is displayed here.

At Tenmonkan street, where we found Favori bakery, 100¥ shop, Kagoshima speciality shop and chanced upon this unagi eel shop. It was packed withlocal tourists. The young lady serving us introduced...
Shimatofu-ya

4.5

114 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Oshima-gun Tatsugocho Nakagachi 1561-1

This longstanding tofu restaurant is located a 40-minute drive from Amami Airport. Looking as if it still exists in Japan's bygone Showa period, the popular establishment has a friendly atmosphere and bustles not only with locals but also many tourists. The shima tofu the restaurant uses is a variety of firm tofu made with Amami seawater bittern containing an abundance of minerals. One of the most popular choices on the menu is the Shimatofu-ya Teishoku set meal, which comes with tofu skin tempura; shiro-ae tofu, white sesame, and white miso salad; and sumashijiru clear soup.

Extremely delicious tofu dishes. You can experience the variety of flavors and there is an all you can eat tofu bar and tofu drinks. The daily meal contains a tofu desert, too. They have a corner...
Karen (Kagoshima Restaurant)

4.5

118 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yamanokuchichou 3-12

A traditional ryotei Japanese restaurant located a three-minute walk from Takamibaba Station on the City Tram. Owned and operated by the local JA agricultural cooperative with the aim of promoting sales within the prefecture and beyond, here customers can enjoy meat dishes created based on the concept of local production for local consumption. The restaurant’s shabu-shabu, seiro mushi steamed dishes, and piping hot stone plate sautéed dishes are made with meats like Kagoshima’s vaunted brand Kagoshima black beef, and flavorful Kagoshima Berkshire pork. The seiro mushi steamed dishes, which bring out the innate flavor of the ingredients, are hearty yet light, making them particularly popular with women. This restaurant is a great place to enjoy local Berkshire pork.

Visited the restaurant for dinner on Thurs night, didnt make prior reservation and immediately have a table with tatami seats and place to place legs under the table. Good service as service staff...
Kagoshima Black Pork Kurobuta

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Sennichichou 3-2 Kamaguki Building 1F

A Berkshire pork cuisine specialty restaurant. The restaurant uses only Berkshire pork raised in Kagoshima and designs its dishes around this meat. The restaurant’s signature black tonkatsu breaded pork cutlet contains charcoal mixed in with the batter. Despite its dark black coloring, this unique, lightly flavored batter covers juicy pork meat. The establishment also offers a variety of local Kagoshima dishes like silver-stripe round herring from the waters off Kagoshima served sashimi style, and satsuma-age deep fried fish paste made with flying fish. There’s also the luxurious Kagoshima Berkshire pork shabu-shabu.
Kumaso tei

4.0

119 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Higashisengokuchou 6-10

A restaurant specializing in local Satsuma (Kagoshima) cuisine located on the north side of the Tenmonkan. Diners can enjoy a variety of colorful Kagoshima dishes, including pork bone and belly meat slow stewed for three hours until it can be cut with chopsticks, shabu-shabu with Roppaku Kurobuta pork from Kagoshima, sake-zushi fermented overnight with only local sake, fresh silver-striped round herring sashimi caught in Kagoshima Bay (Kinkou Bay) and served with a homemade mustard and vinegared miso sauce, and satsumaage deep-fried fish paste. Private rooms in a variety of sizes are also available, making this a perfect place to have a party or banquet.

We enjoyed a delicious pork shabu shabu set dinner with attentive and friendly service. All of the courses were delicious, and the lovely server made sure we knew which sauces went with what and that...
Shiosai

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kumagegunyakushimachou Miyanoura 305-3

A popular restaurant frequented by tourists and local alike located close to the Miyanoura Ferry Terminal. Depending on the season, diners can enjoy fresh island seafood, such as blue mackerel, flying fish, silver-stripe round herring, saw-edged perch, and Japanese snapper. The fresh mackerel sukiyaki (hotpot) is particularly popular. Tatami seating available.
Takian

4.5

39 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Minamikyushushi Chiranchoukori 6329

A restaurant in a repurposed samurai residence located in a corner of the Chiran Bukeyashiki-dori (Samurai District). In addition to local cuisine such as satsumaage fried fish cakes and course meals which include sake-zushi fermented with only local sake and no vinegar, the offers udon noodles mixed with Chiran tea and a variety of sets. Open until early evening, visitors are recommended to eat lunch here. The detached villa with thatched roof is available by reservation only for groups. A two-minute walk from the Bugeyashiki-iriguchi bus stop.

団体が先に入っていたせいかとにかくサービスが忙しなく落ち着かない。お椀を新たに置くたびにこちらも協力して既に乗っているお椀を動かす等々、ちょっと普通ではありえない接客だと思う。味はまぁ普通、特筆するほどおいしいものもない代りに食べられないほど口に合わないものもなくすべて完食。おそらくこちらのお店の一番の売りはその雰囲気とロケーション。知覧武家屋敷の中の一軒で食事ができるというのはやはり少し特...
Aoba

4.0

92 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Ibusukishi Minato 1-2-11

A restaurant which serves local, Satsuma (Kagoshima) style cuisine. Dedicated to local flavors, the establishment makes use of Satsuma Roppaku Berkshire pork raised in Ibusuki: Black Satsuma Chicken, a local variety; and high grade honkare katsuobushi produced in Yamakawa, Ibusuki City. In addition to tonkatsu breaded pork cutlet, a local staple, customers can enjoy luxurious Berkshire pork shabu-shabu, and Satsuma Black Chicken tsukune meatloaf and even sashimi. The restaurant offers low priced set meals during lunchtime as well as the “Ontamaran-don,” a local specialty consisting of a bowl of rice topped with salty-sweet Berkshire pork and a custard-like “hot spring” soft boiled egg.

Ate here twice when I was in Ibusuki. The service staff were attentive and the food was served quickly. Prices is reasonable and I enjoyed the food a lot. Even managed to chat with a waitress from...
Ichi Ni San (Main Restaurant)

4.5

38 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Shimoarata 1-21-24

A shabu-shabu specialty restaurant which makes use of Berkshire pork. Produced by “Sobachaya Fukiagean” Japanese soba noodle restaurant chain, here customers can enjoy their shabu-shabu with a soba noodle-style tsuyu sauce flavored with dashi. Customers can also get free refills of this light and tasty tsuyu. The meats on offer primarily consist of cuts of Berkshire pork raised in Kagoshima and fed copious amounts of sweet potatoes. The restaurant’s shabu-shabu is accented with special yuzu pepper. Customers can finish off their meal with the company’s fresh, handmade soba noodles.

Stopped by Ten Park Street in Kagoshima for lunch. Walked around Ten Park St and found OneTwoThree Black Pork restaurant. Went in to try different types of black pork menu. Very delicious and nice...
Satsuma Aji

4.5

42 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Ibusukishi Minato 2-1-31

A restaurant which serves local Satsuma (Kagoshima) cuisine and a la carte dishes. The establishment’s abundant variety of local meals includes fresh, local Kagoshima chicken sashimi, tonkotsu ramen made with Berkshire pork bones stewed in miso, and vegetable-rich satsuma-jiru soup. The restaurant fresh seafood from Kinko Bay is also popular. The restaurant also offers seafood rice bowls and the “Ontamaran-don,” a local Ibusuki specialty consisting of a bowl of rice topped with a fresh Ibusuki custard-like “hot spring” soft boiled egg.

I went to Satsuma-aji (meaning the flavor of Kagoshima) for dinner because the place I wanted to go happened to be closed for the night, but it turned out to be a good choice. A place thats...
Shochuan Takezo

4.0

5 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Chuouchou 7-1-1F

A Japanese izakaya pub which serves local Kagoshima-style cuisine. Passing through the secret hideaway-like entryway, customers are greeted by décor which engenders a soothing, relaxing atmosphere, and the establishment is replete with semi-private and private seating areas. “Shochuan” means “Shochu Hermitage,” and as its name implies, the pub carries a wide lineup of sweet potato shochu liquors. The establishment’s food menu primarily consists of local-style cuisine made with Kagoshima grown vegetables and seafood caught in its coastal waters. The pub also serves healthy and somewhat unconventional vegetable dishes like fried daikon karaage and tomato tempura.

鹿児島中央駅の近くにありますが少し入ったところにあります。ですが比較的わかりやすいと思います。お店はこじゃれた感じのお店で非常に良いと思います。個室になっていたので子供連れには助かりました。料理はどれもおいしく、今回はコースでしたが十分満足できるものでした。なにより接客が素晴らしい。とにかく素早い対応で飲み放題のお替りも瞬時に出てきました。また行きたいお店です。
Roadside Station Sakurajima Sakurajima Bussankan

4.0

5 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Sakurajimakamizuchou 1427

A large rest stop, one of the largest in Kagoshima. The facility’s distinctive sign is decorated with a large Sakurajima daikon radish statue. The first floor of the facility is a market where visitors can purchase shochu liquor and other Sakurajima specialty products. In the second-floor restaurant, you can enjoy a meal along with a view of the magnificent, mountainous landscape of Sakurajima. Visitors can also view the volcano from the facility’s observatory, and there’s even a space for taking a commemorative photo.

ツアーバスで立ち寄りました。巨大な桜島大根のオブジェが2か所あるので記念写真の撮影には良いと思います。ちょっと寂れた雰囲気ですが、昭和な感じのドライブインで心が和みます。12月の桜島小ミカンの季節だったのですが、店の中で集配を行っています。1箱2500円くらいなので2箱東京へ送りました。ネットでもなかなか手に入らないのと、現地で味の確認もできるので安心です。とても甘くておいしかったです。贈答用とは...
Tonkatsu Maruichi

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Yamanokuchichou 1-10 Kagoshima Chuo Building B1F

A tonkatsu breaded pork cutlet restaurant which makes use of Berkshire pork raised in Kagoshima. The establishment’s menu primarily revolves around three varieties of breaded, deep fried foods: pork loin cutlets, pork fillet cutlets, and shrimp. The restaurant offers a variety of set meal assortments customers can choose from among based on the time of day and their dining situation. The establishment uses large, thick cuts of pork for its cutlets, slow frying them for ten minutes or longer after a customer makes their order. The restaurant has plastic models of the dishes on its menu out front so first-time customers can see how big their meal will be before ordering.
Ichi Ni San (Amu Plaza Kagoshima Restaurant)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Chuouchou 1-1 Amu Plaza Kagoshima 5F

A pork shabu-shabu restaurant. The establishment makes use of Berkshire pork raised on Kagoshima and fed copious amounts of sweet potatoes. After cooking the thin slices of meat in boiling broth, you can dip them is a light and tasty soba noodle-style tsuyu sauce made with an abundance of dashi bonito stock. Customers can also order free, unlimited servings of chopped Welsh onions and yuzu pepper made with local ingredients. At the end of the meal, you can order high quality sarashina soba noodles made with carefully ground buckwheat flour. The restaurant’s menu also includes a la carte selections like tontoro fatty pork; tonkatsu breaded pork cutlets; nikomi stewed dishes; and satsuma-age deep fried fish paste, a local specialty.
Juan (Arata Restaurant)

4.5

64 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Arata 1-62-13

A Berkshire pork specialty restaurant located a three-minute walk from Aratahachimandentei Station on the Kagoshima City Tram. The grounds boast a beautiful pond and stone bridge and the stately Japanese style restaurant building is surrounded by seasonal trees and plants. The restaurant uses only select Berkshire pork raised with a specific diet on Watanabe Berkshire Farm. This delicate, elegant meat is used in the restaurant’s shabu-shabu, tonkatsu breaded pork cutlet, and all of its pork dishes. In addition to Berkshire pork hamburg steaks and pork steaks served piping hot on plats of Sakurajima lava stone, the restaurant’s local, Kagoshima style cuisine is also popular, and the establishment sees a constant stream of customers making the journey here from outside the prefecture just to enjoy the food.

Kurobuta, Pork and more pork Expect to pay 4000-6000 per head (including 1-2 drink) depending on what you order - shabu shabu. My take is that if you are not going for the shabu shabu, go...
Kagoshima Kurobuta Roppakutei

4.5

51 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Nishida 2-12-34 Hotel Union 1F

A Japanese restaurant located on the first floor of Hotel Union a three-minute walk from the west entrance of JR Kagoshima-Chuo Station. Here customers can enjoy Kagoshima’s brand Roppaku (“Six Whites”) Berkshire pork, so named because of the six white areas found on this breed. This pork is fed sweet potatoes for 60 days prior to shipping and has a clean, light flavor popular with both men and women. In addition to table seating, the restaurant also has tatami mat seating perfect for families with children. Roppakutei’s signature Berkshire pork shabu-shabu is particularly recommended. The thin slices of pork, cooked after a brief swim in a golden broth, are sweet and flavorful.

豚しゃぶと豚カツを食べました！特に豚カツは非常に分厚く、食べ応えがありました！また、玉子のカツもあってトロトロで美味しかったです。お店には焼酎の種類が豊富でお店の人がオススメを紹介してくれます。鹿児島行ったらまた寄りたいです。
Shabuzen (Kagoshima Restaurant)

4.0

22 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Higashisengokuchou 5-12 CUBE Building 2F

A Japanese restaurant which serves shabu-shabu made with Berkshire pork and Japanese black beef raised in Kagoshima. The establishment is located a five-minute walk from Tenmonkandori Station on the Kagoshima City Tram. The restaurant offers all-you-can-eat vegetables, Berkshire pork, and Japanese black beef, as well as a variety of tasty dipping sauces. Particularly recommended is the “Hiden no Kurobuta Soup-nabe,” a Berkshire pork shabu-shabu hotpot dish exclusive to the Kagoshima location which comes with shredded Welsh onions and a secret recipe broth. Dipping the thin slices of Berkshire pork after cooking them in the provided shabu-shabu pot makes them tender and gives them a light, delightful taste which will make you want to take bite after bite. In spite of being an all-you-can-eat style restaurant, the establishment is replete with private seating, ensuring you can enjoy your meal without being bothered by those around you.

名物は黒豚のしゃぶしゃぶで、きめ細かい肉質で柔らかく甘みがあり、薄いお肉なのでいくらでも食べられました。コースを頂きましたが、お造りや天ぷらも美味でした。全席個室を完備しているので、ゆっくり落ち着いてくつろげました。
Juan (Kagoshima-Chuo Station West Entrance Restaurant)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Kagoshimashi Take 1-3-1

A restaurant located a two-minute walk from the west entrance of JR Kagoshima-Chuo Station which looks like a cozy old Japanese home and where customers can enjoy dishes made with Berkshire pork. The restaurant’s choice Berkshire pork comes from Watanabe Berkshire Farm. Sporting a laid-back décor and replete with private and semiprivate dining areas, the restaurant is a popular place for business entertainment, celebrations, and other special days. Juan’s signature shio (salt) shabu-shabu is particularly recommended. After being cooked with a quick swim through a salt broth flavored with six herbs, the sweetness and deliciousness of the thin slices of pork conveys itself without occlusion, and the light taste never tires, no matter how much you eat.
Keihan Hisakura

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kagoshima Pref. Oshimaguntatsugouchou Yanyu 516

A restaurant which serves Keihan, a local Amami dish, located a one-minute walk from the “Yanyu Hisakura-mae” bus stop. Keihan consists of chicken, omelet strips, shiitake mushrooms, papaya pickles, and tankan citrus fruit rind served over piping hot rice and covered with a chicken bone broth. This dish, “fit for a feudal lord,” was originally created to serve to government officials from Satsuma. The restaurant raises its own chickens on its own farm, as well as its own eggs, papaya, and other ingredients. Customers can enjoy the rich flavor of chicken and broth covered rice.

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Kagoshima Areas

Over 100 active volcanoes across Kagoshima make it one of the Japan's most exciting prefectures. The prefectural capital, Kagoshima city, looks out to one of the prefecture’s most spectacular volcanoes, Sakurajima, an island of its own that can be visited and seen close up or admired from afar, with the promise of breathtaking sunsets complete with frequent puffs of smoke and ash. Down the Satsuma Peninsula, the most southerly part of mainland Japan, waterfalls, sand onsen, and fascinating history await, while Kagoshima's abundance of satsuma imo (sweet potato) provide a wholesome snack as well as one of Japan's favourite drinks - shochu.