Hakata Gion Tetsunabe is a japanese restaurant in Hakata, Fukuoka.
Editorially verified June 1, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 2-20 Gionmachi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0038
Ebisuya's flat Hakata-style udon won runner-up at the 2014 Japan Udon Championship. The signature Kalbi Bukkake pairs chewy flat noodles with a raw egg.
OrderKalbi bukkake udon at 780 yen, raw egg on top.
TipOpen 11:10-18:00, closed Wednesdays. Lunch queues clear by 13:30.
Daichi's Hakata Station-front shop runs the city's most-talked-about goboten udon: a tower of crispy burdock-root tempura over a bowl of soft Hakata noodles.
OrderGoboten udon with a side bowl of rice for soaking the broth.
TipOpen from 10:00 most days. The B2 station-area branch has the shortest queues.
The Canal City Hakata Ichiran sits on B1F of the mall's North Building in Fukuoka and pours a Japanese-style tonkotsu with Itoshima ra-mugi noodles.
OrderClassic tonkotsu with red sauce at level two and a kaedama refill.
TipOpen 09:30 to 23:00 daily with last orders at 22:00, across 23 counter seats. Vending-machine ticketing in English; the noodle-firmness slip is the trick.
Canal City Ramen Stadium runs eight rotating ramen counters under one roof: Hakata tonkotsu, Sapporo miso, Kumamoto garlic and others in sequence.
OrderWhichever counter has the shortest queue, with a half-portion sampler from the next.
TipDaily 11:00-23:00. Vending-machine tickets at each counter; English photos.
Ebisuya's flat Hakata-style udon won runner-up at the 2014 Japan Udon Championship. The signature Kalbi Bukkake pairs chewy flat noodles with a raw egg.
OrderKalbi bukkake udon at 780 yen, raw egg on top.
TipOpen 11:10-18:00, closed Wednesdays. Lunch queues clear by 13:30.
Daichi's Hakata Station-front shop runs the city's most-talked-about goboten udon: a tower of crispy burdock-root tempura over a bowl of soft Hakata noodles.
OrderGoboten udon with a side bowl of rice for soaking the broth.
TipOpen from 10:00 most days. The B2 station-area branch has the shortest queues.
Yamanaka invented miso-style motsunabe in 1984. The Akasaka branch is the most central of three Fukuoka outlets and the easiest reservation.
OrderMiso motsunabe for two with the champon noodle close.
TipReserve a day ahead for dinner. Closes between 14:30 and 17:00 for the afternoon break.
Rakutenchi's Tenjin flagship: three floors and 240 horigotatsu seats, the largest motsunabe room in Kyushu. Soy-sauce base, mountain of garlic chives.
OrderPuripuri motsu daimanzoku course with all-you-can-eat champon noodles.
TipOpen daily 17:00-24:00. Reserve through the operator's site or by phone.
The Canal City Hakata Ichiran sits on B1F of the mall's North Building in Fukuoka and pours a Japanese-style tonkotsu with Itoshima ra-mugi noodles.
OrderClassic tonkotsu with red sauce at level two and a kaedama refill.
TipOpen 09:30 to 23:00 daily with last orders at 22:00, across 23 counter seats. Vending-machine ticketing in English; the noodle-firmness slip is the trick.
Canal City Ramen Stadium runs eight rotating ramen counters under one roof: Hakata tonkotsu, Sapporo miso, Kumamoto garlic and others in sequence.
OrderWhichever counter has the shortest queue, with a half-portion sampler from the next.
TipDaily 11:00-23:00. Vending-machine tickets at each counter; English photos.
