Japanese Food Spots in Amami / Okinoerabu Island Area

  • Shimatofu-ya
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    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...

  • 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.
  • Maruya Restaurant
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    3.5
    22 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Oshima-gun Setouchicho Koniya Matsue 9-1

    夜あいているのは居酒屋がほとんどで、お酒を飲まない自分たちには入りにくい店が多かった。ここは椅子席、座敷席とも区分けされており、定食の種類は多くないが食事メインの和食レストラン。エビフライ定食のエビ5匹は本当です。 滞在中花火大会が催されたが、当日飲食店はこちらも含めて臨時休業、予約で満員の店が多く、コロナで島民のみの店もあって食事難民になりかけた。要注意。

  • Asabana
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    3.5
    21 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Amami-shi Naze Nagahamacho 27-1

    ホテル併設のレストランで朝昼晩と同じようなビュッフェが基本です。 料理は正直なところあまり美味しくなく、わざわざ奄美大島まで来て朝晩の2食を無駄にした気分です。 とにかく何でも良いので腹一杯食べたい部活の合宿向きかな。

  • Torishin
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    4.0
    112 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Amami-shi Naze Itsubu Cho 12-6
    This restaurant in urban Naze City serves chicken dishes including Amami Keihan, a representative regional dish of Amami Oshima Island. Keihan, which means chicken rice, features a bowl of rice topped with chicken and kinshi tamago (shredded egg crepe) poured over with a soup made from a whole chicken. This popular dish was originally created to be served to officials from the Satsuma Domain during its rule over the island. The chicken used to make the soup is shredded and used as a topping, assuring that you can savor all the flavor of the chicken. Another of the restaurant's popular offerings is their kurobuta papaya-don, which features a bowl of rice topped with lots of Amami Oshima kurobuta pork, mozuku seaweed, and papaya.

    奄美大島の郷土料理が食べれるお店です。 どの料理も普通に美味しく、値段もリーズナブルで飾らないお店です。 個人的には、けいはんと油ソーメンおすすめです。 お通し(席代)は、正直なくてもよいかと思ってしまいました。

  • Gintei
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    4.0
    15 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Amami-shi Naze Kanekyu Cho 6-2
    This restaurant serving island cuisine is located along Yanigawa-dori Street, the biggest shopping district on Amami Oshima Island. Guests can enjoy the island's regional cuisine while not just watching but also participating in shima uta (local folk songs) and hachigatsu odori (August dance) performances. The songs are led by the restaurant's owner, a previous winner of the Grand Prize at the Amami Folk Song Competition. She performs the songs while playing a chijin, a style of drum unique to the region. She says that she opened the restaurant and performs there because so many people had requested her shima uta performance.

    奄美初めての人には雰囲気を感じてもらえるのでお勧めのお店です。 名物女将と三線と参加型の島踊り?(笑)これがいやでも盛り上がる。 料理も以前より美味しくなっていると思いました。 料金も他店より安い。女将のおもてなしの心が伝わります。

  • Yoron no Ajitara
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Yoroncho Chabana 2904-6
    "Located about a ten-minute drive from Yoron Airport and the port, this restaurant is on the grounds of Yoron Island Village. Inheriting the family name ""Tara"" of the previous generation of Yoron Island Village, you can enjoy the healthy and unique cuisine of Yoron Island, which is famous as the island of longevity. In the relaxed space with a sense of luxury, you can taste creative cuisine based on the local cuisine using seasonal ingredients picked locally."
  • Tougura
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Wadomaricho Wadomari 3-7
    This creative cuisine restaurant is located a 15-minute drive from Okinoerabu Airport. The restaurant's owner personally participates in auctions each morning to stock fresh seafood caught that very day. The vegetables the restaurant uses are also almost exclusively from Okinoerabu Island, and the establishment even uses salt from Yoronjima and sugar from Kikaijima. The lunch-only Shokado Bento box meal is particularly popular and comes with sashimi, tempura, and fresh island vegetables.
  • Koryori Ko-no Hana
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    16-3, Nazeirifunecho, Amami-shi, Kagoshima, 894-0034
  • Takoyaki Yoichi
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Oshima-gun Yoroncho Chabana 229-5
  • shimagyo amaumi
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Pref. Oshimagunsetouchichou Koniya Kasuga 6-1

    メニューは3種類のみ。海鮮丼700円、黒マグロ入り海鮮丼1200円、黒マグロ丼1800円です。平日の18時ころ入店したところ、海鮮丼は売り切れで、黒マグロ入り海鮮丼をオーダーしました。この黒マグロが激ウマです。1800円かけて食べる価値あり。次はお金を惜しまずオーダーします。座席は10席ほどしかないので、団体客には不向きです。

  • SANSYO Tei
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    4.5
    6 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Amami-shi Nazeyanagimachi 9-13

    創業明治13年(1880年)140年の歴史を感じる老舗鰻店です。4代目の歴史があり流石に鰻養殖収穫量日本一の鹿児島ですね。冷酒とともに肝串や骨せんべいで1杯やり 最後にうな重ですね。白飯が見えないほどのの大きくて柔らくて何とも至福の時を味わうことができました。今回2度目でしたが何度でも来たくなるおみせですね。

  • Nakamura
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Amami-shi
  • Okonomiyaki Takakura
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Amami-shi Naze Nagahamacho 9-16
  • Chikichikibamban
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Pref. Amamishi Nazeirifunechou 1-4
  • Matsushima Shoten
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Amami-shi

    テイクアウトでたこ焼き注文しました。たこ焼き350円!良心的なお値段で学生から年配の方まで幅広く親しまれているお店です。店内で食べる方もいらっしゃいますが、私はテイクアウトのみで利用しています。車道に面しているお店なので、駐車には気をつけて下さい。

  • Mangetsu
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Amami-shi Naze Irifunecho 2-2
  • Kita 8
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Amami-shi Naze Irifunecho 18-30
  • Robatayaki Fugunetazo
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Pref. Amamishi Nazekanekuchou 6-14

    珍しく、当日予約がとれたので、ふぐをいただきに。カウンター、二階の座敷。一階座敷と満席でした。ふぐ以外のメニューもおすすめです。

  • Catch ball
    Gourmet / Alcohol
    Kagoshima Amami-shi Nazeminatomachi 6-22

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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.

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