Japanese restaurants in Kyūshū
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Ajimori
There's no English menu but all you really need to know is that this classy, multistorey shop claims to have invented kurobuta shabu-shabu. Set meals come with handmade udon noodles and side dishes depending on the price. There are also tonkatsu (deep-fried pork cutlet) meals (from ¥650 at lunchtime).
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Chiho-no-ie
At the base of the gorge, this three-storey building serves seasonal regional treats and nagashi-sōmen (¥600) – have fun catching tasty noodles with your chopsticks as they float by in halved bamboo rafts.
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Himematsu-ya
Serves Shimabara's best-known dish, guzōni (¥980), clear broth with mochi (pounded rice dumplings), seafood and vegetables. There are more standard Japanese shokudō (all-round restaurant) faves too. It's across from Shimabara-jō.
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Maruman Honten
This homey shop serves jidori, full of flavour but tougher and cooked rarer than you may be used to. The standard is momoyaki (grilled chicken leg), but tataki (seared; ¥600) and sashimi (what you think it is; ¥650) are also popular, and meals come with a light and delicious chicken broth. For more thorough cooking, say 'yoku yaite kudasai'. Some English spoken. Look for the Kirin Classic Lager sign out the front.
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Nikumaki Honpō
Corner stand that invented nikumaki onigiri.
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Ogura Honten
Chicken nanban was invented here half a century ago, and crowds continue to flock to Ogura's red and white awning in the alley behind Yamakataya department store. For shorter queues, try the larger, kitsch-filled crosstown branch
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Sanzoku-Tabiji
Cute shop known for dangojiru (miso soup with thick-cut noodles) and takana ryōri (dishes using mustard greens). It's on Hwy 57, opposite the Villa Park Hotel, 10 minutes' walk from JR Aso Station.
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Shinanoya
A few minutes from the station's west exit and dating back to 1926, this kindly kissaten also serves a renowned dango-jiru loaded with veggies and best enjoyed while viewing the piney garden. It's the traditional building just before Family Mart.
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Sugitaya
Walk straight out of the station for 400m to this spot under a sign reading 'Tachibana'. Try the generous speciality, toriten (¥800) and dangojiru teishoku for ¥1200. Set meals are great value.
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Amu Plaza
Beside JR Nagasaki station Amu Plaza has a surprisingly varied restaurant arcade.
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Wakana Honten
Come early to avoid the wait at this popular eatery specialising in miso-oden (around ¥650), sashimi and black pork that you cook at your table.
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Kagetsu
A shippoku restaurant that dates back to 1642 when it was a high-class brothel; today it's a rabbit warren of private and pricy dining rooms and tiny gardens.
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Yosso
People have been coming to eat variations on the chawanmushi teishoku (Japanese egg custard set meal, with soboro – chopped meat and julienned egg over rice) since 1866. Look for the traditional shopfront festooned with red lanterns.
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Toyotsune
Main Branch Beppu Station Toyotsune nails the Beppu specialities: toriten, Bungo-gyū and lots of fresh fish, plus tempura. The main branch is on the corner behind Jolly Pasta, and the second branch is across from Beppu Station.
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