Yanagibashi Rengo Ichiba Lunch Counters is a japanese budget eat in Hakata, Fukuoka.
Several Yanagibashi stalls serve ready-to-eat seafood don, tempura plates and rice balls between 600 and 1,200 yen. The cheapest serious breakfast in Hakata.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Arrive before noon for the freshest stock Cash is faster than card.
Address: Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0003, Japan
Hakata Ikkousha's original-froth tonkotsu under 1,200 yen with kaedama refill. Five minutes from Hakata Station; cheaper than Ippudo, same bracket as Issou.
Try: Original froth tonkotsu
Tip: Daily 11:00-24:00. Vending-machine tickets.
Hakata Gion Tetsunabe's iron-pan gyoza at 900 to 1,500 yen per pan with a beer comes under 2,000 yen total. The original tetsunabe gyoza, dinner-only.
Try: Tetsunabe gyoza pan
Tip: Open 17:00-22:30. Closed Sundays and national holidays Cash is faster than card.
Nagahama Number One Gion pours Hakata tonkotsu at 700 yen near Gion subway. The cheapest seriously-good ramen in Hakata, with a 20-hour pork bone broth.
Try: Hakata tonkotsu ramen
Tip: Cash and IC accepted. Kaedama refill is 150 yen.
Ebisuya Udon's Kalbi Bukkake bowl at 780 yen was the 2014 Japan Udon Championship runner-up. Flat Hakata noodles, kalbi beef, raw Mihoran egg.
Try: Kalbi bukkake udon
Tip: Closed Wednesdays. Lunch queues clear after 13:30.
Daichi no Udon goboten udon piles burdock tempura on a soft Hakata noodle bowl. Hakata Station B2 branch is the cheapest counter for a serious udon bowl.
Try: Goboten udon
Tip: Open from 10:00. Add a small bowl of rice for the broth soak.
Hide-Chan's Nakasu yatai pours Hakata tonkotsu at the canal-side stall for under 1,000 yen. The post-drinking late-night close most locals order.
Try: Hakata tonkotsu ramen at the canal yatai
Tip: Cash only; six counter stools. Walk-in only.
Hakata Ikkousha's original-froth tonkotsu under 1,200 yen with kaedama refill. Five minutes from Hakata Station; cheaper than Ippudo, same bracket as Issou.
Try: Original froth tonkotsu
Tip: Daily 11:00-24:00. Vending-machine tickets.
Hakata Gion Tetsunabe's iron-pan gyoza at 900 to 1,500 yen per pan with a beer comes under 2,000 yen total. The original tetsunabe gyoza, dinner-only.
Try: Tetsunabe gyoza pan
Tip: Open 17:00-22:30. Closed Sundays and national holidays Cash is faster than card.
Nagahama Number One Gion pours Hakata tonkotsu at 700 yen near Gion subway. The cheapest seriously-good ramen in Hakata, with a 20-hour pork bone broth.
Try: Hakata tonkotsu ramen
Tip: Cash and IC accepted. Kaedama refill is 150 yen.
Ebisuya Udon's Kalbi Bukkake bowl at 780 yen was the 2014 Japan Udon Championship runner-up. Flat Hakata noodles, kalbi beef, raw Mihoran egg.
Try: Kalbi bukkake udon
Tip: Closed Wednesdays. Lunch queues clear after 13:30.
Daichi no Udon goboten udon piles burdock tempura on a soft Hakata noodle bowl. Hakata Station B2 branch is the cheapest counter for a serious udon bowl.
Try: Goboten udon
Tip: Open from 10:00. Add a small bowl of rice for the broth soak.
