Japanese Food Spots in Naha / Shuri Area

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Naha / Shuri

Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Japanese Food

Sobe

4.5

114 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Sobe 2-37-40

This spot, which has been featured on television, allows visitors to enjoy Okinawa soba and seafood dishes. The atrium-style interior is designed after a traditional Japanese home, with 80 tatami mat seats and 10 tables. The extensive menu features everything from “Okinawa soba” to iced zenzai (red bean sweet). The soba noodles are firm and come with a light soup that complement them perfectly. The “seafood rice bowl” is a luxurious dish chock-full of the blessings of the sea.

The bonito soup is perfect and the soup is the best The store is located in an old folk house and the location is great I have eaten many Okinawa soba, but Hamaya here or Chatan is the best...
Shimujo

4.5

62 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Shurisueyoshichou 2-124-1

Shimujo near Sueyoshi Park is a restaurant located at 2-chome, Shurisueyoshi Town, Naha City. The shop occupies a traditional Japanese house with red roof tiles which has been designated as a national registered Tangible Cultural Property. It offers set meals of local cuisine such as Okinawan soba noodles, which are thin noodles covered with stock from pork and dried bonito. You can enjoy them in the Okinawan atmosphere which remains the same as in the past.

首里近くの少し細くわかりにくい道にあります。10:45オープンで平日でも満席になる程の人気っぷり。縁側で順番を待ってテラス席か中で食べます。ソーキそばやテビチ、じーまみー豆腐など沖縄の伝統料理を、高いレベルでいただけます。お薦めはソーキそばセット1300円です。これに食べたいものは大体乗ってます。
Ryukyumura (Airport Store)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Naha-shi Kagamizu 150 Naha Airport Domestic Flight Passenger Terminal Building 4F

"This Okinawa soba specialty shop is located on the 4th floor in the Naha Airport Domestic Terminal in Kagamizu, Naha City. They provide Okinawa soba with a variety of toppings, in particular, ""soki soba."" The set meals featuring ""jushi,"" Okinawan taki-komi gohan (boiled rice seasoned with soy sauce and mixed with boneless pork ribs, hijiki seafood and vegetables) are popular too."
Mikasa Matsuyama Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Matsuyama 1-12-20

A five-minute walk from Kencho-mae Station, this long-established dining hall was opened over fifty years ago. Okinawa-style set meals are offered at reasonable prices and with generous servings, making this a favorite spot among locals and tourists alike. It is open 24 hours a day year-round, with the exception of the first three days of the year and two days during the lunar calendar Bon Festival. In December 2016, the dining hall changed locations to a spot a one-minute walk away from its former location, so be careful not to go to the wrong address.
Ryukyu Suitenrou

3.0

55 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Makishi 1-3-60

This new-style Ryukyu restaurant is where you can get a sense of the Ryukyu Kingdom and its history. Each floor from the ground floor to the third has a different theme based on the Ryukyu Kingdom. You should make a reservation for the room you want. Their popular menu items include double-lined fusilier pickled plum perilla tempura, Okinawan black king fish sashimi, mini braised pork rice bowls and a set meal with Okinawa soba wheatnoodles.

I’m so surprise why not much people to recommend this restaurant. Good taste, good location, and good environment.
Airport Restaurant

4.0

1238 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Kagamizu 150 Naha Airport Building 1F

The Airport Restaurant is located on the left-hand side of the first floor in the Arrivals building at Naha Airport. Although mainly intended for airport employees, non-employees are welcome to use the Restaurant, and many tourists eat there. Diners can enjoy classic Okinawa dishes such as Okinawa-style Soba Noodles, Chanpuru (a stir-fried dish), Champon (rice with fried vegetables, meat and eggs), etc. for very reasonable prices (around 600 yen).

I had a transit flight for Ishigaki Island, I looked forward to trying this restaurant as I heard about positive feedback. Soki soba was good maybe because of super reasonable price. Other local...
Hanagasa Shokudo

3.5

199 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Makishi 3-2-48

The locals love this place for providing Okinawan cuisine at affordable prices. All menu items come in sets, and many popular options include generous side dishes. The Ryukyu Set includes goya tempura, mozuku seaweed tempura, rafute (Okinawan pork rib), sashimi, and more. There are also five kinds of soup and three kinds of rice to choose from. The closest station is Makishi Station on Yui Rail.

This local eatery is located in Heiwa Dori market off Kokusai Dori. There are models of food on display outside. Picture menu is also available. A soba (noodle) set meal costs around ¥1000-1100 with...
Local cuisine Tenryu

4.0

161 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Kagamizu 150 Naha Airport Domestic Terminal Building 4F

This restaurant is on the 4th floor of the Naha Airport Domestic Terminal. While alcohol is served as well, Okinawa soba is their main offering, along with chanpuru and other local dishes. Since it's inside the airport, you can grab a quick bite to eat here before your departure.

Even you take an international flight, you should enjoy your last meal at Tenryu located at domestic terminal (outside security gate) before heading home. We tried different types of noodles and all...
Mikado

4.0

326 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Matsuyama 1-3-18

This dining hall was founded in 1962 and is open 24 hours. It is famous as the origin of the “pork and eggs set,” which has become a standard of Okinawan cuisine. There's also goya chanpuru, Okinawa soba, and other home-style cooking with plenty of vegetables. The main draw is their katsudon (pork cutlet rice bowl). The sweet and savory sauce, soba soup stock, and braised pork is sure to whet your appetite.

Great local cuisine; providing a range of dishes to tempt all cuisine styles inc vegetarians like me. Menues are in English and prices are very reasonable.
Yamaya

4.5

17 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Kumoji 2-21-12

Yamaya, a restaurant that specializes in kimchi and Okinawa soba, makes its home in Kumoji of Naha City. The noodles are short and easily pick up the soup, which has a deep but light flavor that uses no chemical seasonings. The “Yamaya soba” is a popular and delicious dish that goes well with kimchi. There's also “kimchi yakisoba” and several other original menu items available. The hand-prepared kimchi uses no additives, and dishes such as the specially made “mozuku kimchi” (kimchi with a type of edible seaweed) and the seasonal “island Japanese leek with kimchi” combine typical Okinawan ingredients with kimchi.

キムチの専門店ですが、沖縄そばは絶品です。大と小がありますが、小で普通サイズです。お値段もとてもお安くて大満足です。
Sam's Anchor Inn Kokusai Street Branch

3.5

126 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Kumoji 3-3-18

This steak restaurant is near the Prefecture Government Building. The interior is designed like that of a passenger ship, and the staff all wear sailor suits. Each table features an iron grill, and the chefs prepare your seafood, meat, and so on right before your eyes. You won’t want to miss their dexterous work. There is also a dinner menu for children, making this a great family destination. As it gets crowded in the evenings, reservations are recommended.

Fun place to have dinner with friends. They offer two types of steak, the sirloin which looks like a strip steak in the USA and the sirloin tenderloin (~$26) which looks like a filet. They also have...
“Shimatoate” Island Japanese rice wine and relish

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Makishi 3-11

This Okinawan cuisine restaurant is located in the Kokusai Street Food Village. There are over 100 types of awamori (millet brandy) and awamori cocktails available, including a combination of prefecture-produced black tea and awamori. The menu options include the rare pineapple roast pork rafute (Okinawan-style stewed pork cubes), as well as “goya chanpuru,” “zaru mozuku,” and other Okinawan dishes. All were chosen specifically to complement the awamori.
Hanasho Makishi Main Branch

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Makishi 3-4-1 Main street market main street

This Jimami-dofu (Okinawa peanut tofu) store is about a 10-minute walk from Makishi Station. The Jimami-dofu, with its rich scent of peanuts and sticky texture, is available for purchase, and it is prepared without any antiseptics or preservatives, making it a healthy option.
Miso-meshiya Marutama

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Izumizaki 2-4-31F

Located along Harbor View Street as you travel from the front of the prefectural police headquarters to National Route 330, this restaurant’s specialty is miso-based dishes. Most dishes are made using “Tamanaha miso,” which is produced through natural fermentation without additives by the long-standing Shuri shop “Tamanaha Miso Shoyu,” a former purveyor for the Ryukyu Kingdom. Starting at 7:30 a.m., it offers miso-themed dishes for breakfast, lunch, tea time, and dinner.
Urashima (Okinawan entertainment theater - traditional dance and dishes)

4.5

38 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Kume 2-10-6 Aragaki Building 2F

This Ryukyu-style restaurant is a five-minute walk from Asahibashi Station. It was founded in 1974 and performed thorough research to create original preparation methods for providing Ryukyuan cuisine. It is also famous for hosting authentic performances of Ryukyu dance, with 10 dance performances being held every day with no swapping taking place. The restaurant interior is barrier-free, so the elderly, baby carriages, and wheelchairs can access the facility with ease.

This place was amazing! Super polite staff, excellent service(so attentive!), good food, and wonderful show! My wife loved the show; we took photos with them afterwards(the staff kindly offered). My...
Ryukyuan restaurant Itoguruma

4.5

13 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Tomari 1-22-9

Ryukyuan restaurant Itoguruma is at 1 Tomari in Naha City. The soft and slowly boiled “rafute” (Okinawan-style stewed pork cubes) is one of many Ryukyu-style dishes they offer, and there's palace cuisine available as well. There are many types of seating, from table seats to counter seats, tatami seats, and sunken kotatsu seats (low table over a hole in the floor), and there are both a la carte and banquet dishes available, making this establishment suitable for a number of purposes.

There are 4 set menus (3,000 - 7,000 yen) to choose from the photos, mostly the first time experience. All the foods are served on the plates made by a local artist. The interior is refined in...
Tubarama Kokusaidori branch

4.0

100 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Makishi 2-7-25

Tuva Rama is a restaurant specializing in Okinawan cuisine located on Kokusai Street, around one minute’s walk from Makishi Station. Tuva Rama offers an impressive range of Okinawan dishes made using local ingredients; the regular evening dinner menu alone has over 60 different items. For lunch, the restaurant has a range of set meals, including Okinawan Soba noodles and Chanpuru (an Okinawan stir-fried dish). The restaurant interior successfully recreates the atmosphere of pre-war Okinawa; there are live sanshin (shamisen) and Shima-uta (traditional Okinawan folk music) performances every evening.

A must stop for me and my family they serve Okinawan dishes like somen (noodle Stir fry) champuru,mozuku (sea weed) tempura one of the longevity foods, Traditional Okinawan pork Rafute , goya (bitter...
Urizun restaurant

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Asato 388-5

Urizun is a restaurant specializing in Okinawan cuisine that has been operating for over 40 years; it is located around five minutes’ walk from Asato Station on the Okinawa Monorail (Yui Rail) line. Diners can enjoy the restaurant’s famous Kusu (aged Awamori spirit), which has been specially blended by the restaurant owner using Awamori from an old wine store in Shuri, and then left to age for several more years in earthenware jars. Kusu is served directly from the earthenware jars into small wine-cups, to accompany dishes from a comprehensive menu that includes traditional Okinawan home cooking, Palace recipes dating from the time of the Ryukuan kings, and original modern recipes.
Ryukyu Dining Matsuo (Okashigoten Matsuo Branch)

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Matsuo 1-2-52F

Ryukyu Dining Matsuo (Okashigoten Matsuo Branch) is a restaurant located on the Second Floor of Okashi Goten (a shopping complex on Kokusai Street selling local delicacies that is famous for its Purple Yam Tart). The restaurant offers Okinawan Soba noodles made with home-made noodles, as well as a variety of set meals featuring Okinawan Agu Pork and Okinawan vegetables and seafood, etc. The interior décor, based on traditional Okinawan houses, creates a relaxing atmosphere.
Shuri Horikawa

5.0

1 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Okinawa Pref. Nahashi Shurimawashichou 1-27

Horikawa is an Okinawan soba noodle shop, opposite Shuri Castle Park and near Josei Elementary School and Ryutan Pond in Shurimawashi Town. Their Okinawan soba noodles have a clear soup mixed with homemade noodles which are boiled after an order is received. The decoration with condiments such as spring onion and ginger on a porcelain spoon is impressive.

首里城近くの路地裏にある隠れ家的雰囲気のお店。開店と同時に入店しました。お店の入口で靴を脱ぐのが面白いと思ったのですが、後になってそういうお店が沖縄には多いのに気づきました。私は、『ソーキそばのBセット』を注文。沖縄そばとしては、かなり優しい味わい。人によっては、物足りなく感じるかもしれない。でも、お店の雰囲気も含めて再訪したいと思えるお店でした。

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Okinawa Areas

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