52 japanese rooms in Fukuoka we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Fukuoka | Japanese across every city.
Aji Takebayashi ★ 4.7
akasaka · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0074, Japan
Yuzuru Takebayashi's Akasaka kaiseki counter in Fukuoka has run since 1993 and held a Michelin star in the 2014 and 2019 Kyushu special editions.
Hakata Motsunabe Yamanaka Akasaka ★ 4.6
akasaka · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0042, Japan
Yamanaka invented miso motsunabe in 1984 and codified the Hakata offal hotpot. The Akasaka branch is the easiest of three to reach in central Fukuoka.
Motsunabe Rakutenchi Tenjin So-Honten ★ 4.5
imaizumi · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0021, Japan
Rakutenchi Tenjin flagship: three floors, 240 horigotatsu seats, the largest motsunabe room in Kyushu. Soy-sauce base, mountain of garlic chives.
Mizutaki Ryotei Hakata Hanamidori Tenjin ★ 4.6
imaizumi · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0021, Japan
Mizutaki built from the Hanamidori chicken brand, raised on seaweed and herb feed in northern Kyushu and simmered six hours into a milky-white broth.
Hakata Mizutaki Toriden Honten ★ 4.7
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0027, Japan
Toriden simmers a home-bred chicken six to seven hours with water and salt; the collagen breaks down into a creamy yellow mizutaki that defines Hakata.
Yakitori Mako ★ 4.7
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0022, Japan
Mako grills Kuro Satsuma chicken from Kagoshima, raised 120 days. Listed in Tabelog Yakitori Top 100 in 2024. Eight counter seats, charcoal smoke.
Torikami Garden City ★ 4.6
daimyo · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0041, Japan
Torikami opened in Daimyo Garden City from Tokyo Torishiki lineage. Strong-heat close-flame yakitori across 21 dishes, three minutes from Tenjin.
Hakata Gion Tetsunabe ★ 4.5
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0038, Japan
The original Hakata iron-pan gyoza shop. Bite-sized dumplings packed in a circular cast-iron pan and pan-fried crisp on every side, near Gion subway.
Kawataro Nakasu Honten ★ 4.5
nakasu · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 810-0801, Japan
Kawataro Nakasu runs Yobuko squid ikizukuri live from a tank, plus the Hakata goma-saba mackerel. River views, three floors of tatami rooms.
Hakata Motsunabe Yamanaka Hakata ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0013, Japan
The Hakata Station branch of Yamanaka miso-motsunabe original, closer to the shinkansen than the Akasaka room, with the same recipe since 1984.
Hakata Hanamidori Hakata Ekimae ★ 4.5
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0012, Japan
Hanamidori at Hakata Station sits in JR Hakata City, within walking distance of the shinkansen gate. Same kitchen as Imaizumi flagship, faster turnover.
Yakitori no Hachibei Shoninbashi ★ 4.5
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0023, Japan
Hachibei's Shoninbashi-dori branch is the original yakitori counter that grew into a Tokyo chain. Hardwood charcoal, long counter, packed every night.
Ebisuya Udon Hakata Sumiyoshi ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
Ebisuya's flat Hakata-style udon won the 2014 Japan Udon Championship runner-up. The Kalbi Bukkake bowl with chewy noodles and a Mihoran egg is the signature.
Hakata Mizutaki Toriden Yakuin ★ 4.6
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0022, Japan
Toriden's Yakuin branch is quieter than the Hakata flagship and runs the same six-hour chicken broth. Tatami rooms upstairs, counter on the ground floor.
Hakata Gion Tetsunabe ★ 4.5
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0038, Japan
The original Hakata iron-pan gyoza, three minutes from Gion subway. Bite-sized dumplings packed in a circular cast-iron pan and pan-fried crisp on every side.
Ebisuya Udon Hakata Sumiyoshi ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
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.
Daichi no Udon ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0011, Japan
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.
Hakata Motsunabe Yamanaka Akasaka ★ 4.6
akasaka · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0042, Japan
Yamanaka invented miso-style motsunabe in 1984. The Akasaka branch is the most central of three Fukuoka outlets and the easiest reservation.
Motsunabe Rakutenchi Tenjin So-Honten ★ 4.5
imaizumi · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0021, Japan
Rakutenchi's Tenjin flagship: three floors and 240 horigotatsu seats, the largest motsunabe room in Kyushu. Soy-sauce base, mountain of garlic chives.
Yakitori no Hachibei Shoninbashi ★ 4.5
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0023, Japan
Hachibei's Shoninbashi branch is the original yakitori counter that grew into a Tokyo chain. Hardwood charcoal, butabara pork-belly skewers, busy nightly.
Fukuya Aji no Mentaiko Factory ★ 4.3
hakata · Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-0068, Japan
Fukuya's mentaiko factory shop reopened July 2025 as Fukuya Aji no Mentaiko Factory. Same-day mentaiko on the second floor, plus a counter for rice sets.
Yamaya Canal City Hakata ★ 4.2
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
Yamaya's Canal City B1 sells mentaiko by the gram next to a small dine-in counter pouring mentaiko rice sets with miso soup and free-flow pickles.
Tonkatsu Wakou Hakata ★ 4.2
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0012, Japan
Wakou's Hakata Hankyu branch runs canonical Japanese tonkatsu: thick pork cutlet, panko crust, free cabbage and rice refills, in a department-store room.
Manda Udon Tenjin ★ 4.1
tenjin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0001, Japan
Manda's small Tenjin counter pours a soft Hakata-style udon with the city's better goboten burdock tempura, working lunch crowds through 800-yen bowls.
Maki no Udon Hakata Bus Terminal ★ 4.0
hakata · Hakata Bus Terminal, 2-1 Hakataeki-Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
Maki no Udon is one of Fukuoka's three big udon chains. The Hakata Bus Terminal branch runs the trademark soft Hakata noodle through commuter rushes.
Kawataro Nakasu Honten ★ 4.5
nakasu · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 810-0801, Japan
Kawataro's three-floor Nakasu flagship runs Yobuko squid ikizukuri live from the tank, plus the canonical Hakata goma-saba and river-view tatami rooms.
Hakata Motsunabe Yamanaka Hakata ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0013, Japan
Hakata Station branch of Yamanaka's miso-motsunabe original, closer to the shinkansen than the Akasaka room, with the same recipe since 1984. Most central.
Yakitori Mako Yakuin ★ 4.7
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0022, Japan
Mako's Yakuin counter grills Kuro Satsuma chicken from Kagoshima, raised 120 days. Tabelog Yakitori Top 100 in 2024. Eight counter seats wide.
Aji Takebayashi ★ 4.7
akasaka · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0074, Japan
Yuzuru Takebayashi's seasonal kaiseki counter in Akasaka, Fukuoka, held a Michelin star in the 2014 and 2019 Kyushu special editions before suspension.
Chisou Nakamura ★ 4.7
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0039, Japan
A Hakata kaiseki room with two Michelin stars in the 2019 Kyushu special edition, the high-water mark of Kyushu-style kaiseki by counter. Priced at ¥¥¥¥.
Imoto ★ 4.5
tenjin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0001, Japan
Imoto's counter holds two Michelin stars from the 2019 Kyushu special edition. Chef Tatsuya Imoto opened in 2015; a Kyoto-trained close-up kaiseki room.
Hakata Mizutaki Toriden Honten ★ 4.6
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0027, Japan
Toriden's mizutaki course is single-product fine dining: home-bred Kyushu chicken simmered six to seven hours into a creamy yellow broth, with golden ponzu.
Torikami Garden City ★ 4.3
daimyo · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0041, Japan
Torikami opened in Daimyo Garden City from the Tokyo Torishiki lineage. 21-dish omakase yakitori, strong heat, close flame, three minutes from Tenjin.
Yakitori Mako ★ 4.5
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0022, Japan
Mako runs an omakase yakitori built around Kuro Satsuma chicken raised 120 days in Kagoshima. Tabelog Yakitori Top 100 in 2024. Eight counter seats.
Mizutaki Ryotei Hakata Hanamidori Tenjin ★ 4.3
imaizumi · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0021, Japan
Single-product mizutaki room in Imaizumi using the Hanamidori chicken raised on seaweed-and-herb feed at the operator's own northern Kyushu farm.
Kawataro Nakasu Honten ★ 4.1
nakasu · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 810-0801, Japan
Live-tank Yobuko squid ikizukuri across three river-view floors. Goma saba mackerel and seasonal Genkai sashimi platters are the supporting acts.
Hakata Motsunabe Yamanaka Ohashi Honten ★ 4.2
akasaka · Minami-ku, Fukuoka 815-0035, Japan
The original 1984 Yamanaka, a warehouse building in Ohashi where miso motsunabe was first codified. Hardest to reach of the three Yamanaka rooms; quietest.
Tempura Hirao Honten ★ 4.0
imaizumi · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0021, Japan
Hirao's seasonal tempura course works through Genkai shellfish and Kyushu vegetables across 12 to 16 dishes. A long-respected open-tempura counter.
Motsunabe Rakutenchi Tenjin ★ 4.5
imaizumi · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0021, Japan
Rakutenchi Tenjin so-honten runs to 24:00 with the soy-sauce motsunabe and all-you-can-eat champon noodles. Three floors of horigotatsu seating for groups.
Yakitori no Hachibei Shoninbashi ★ 4.5
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0023, Japan
Hachibei's Shoninbashi-dori branch runs to 01:00, the late-night yakitori counter for Yakuin. Hardwood charcoal, butabara pork belly, packed every night.
Yamaya Canal City B1 Dine-In ★ 4.3
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
Yamaya Canal City B1 Dine-In in Fukuoka: Locals know the all-you-can-add mentaiko set under 1,500 yen; tourists usually only buy the retail bag.
Ebisuya Udon Sumiyoshi ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
Ebisuya Udon Sumiyoshi on Sumiyoshi in Hakata is the Wednesday-closed udon counter off the main grid, drawing local lunch queues that clear by 13:30.
Yamanaka Ohashi Honten ★ 4.6
akasaka · Minami-ku, Fukuoka 815-0035, Japan
Yamanaka Ohashi Honten in Fukuoka: The original 1984 Yamanaka is in Minami-ku, twenty minutes from central Hakata; tourists usually go to Akasaka.
Toriden Yakuin ★ 4.6
yakuin · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0022, Japan
Toriden Yakuin on Yakuin in Chuo-ku is the quieter mizutaki branch with the same kitchen as Hakata Hanamidori, the canonical Fukuoka chicken hot-pot table.
Ebisuya Udon Hakata Sumiyoshi ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
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.
Daichi no Udon Hakata ★ 4.4
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0011, Japan
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.
Maki no Udon Hakata Bus Terminal ★ 4.0
hakata · Hakata Bus Terminal, 2-1 Hakataeki-Chuogai, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka
Maki no Udon is one of Fukuoka's three big udon chains. The Hakata Bus Terminal branch runs niku udon at 600 yen with cheap kashiwa rice on the side.
Yamaya Canal City Hakata Mentaiko Set ★ 4.2
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0018, Japan
Yamaya Canal City runs a mentaiko rice set with all-you-can-add mentaiko on top, plus miso soup and free pickles, the cheapest filling lunch on the canal.
Full Full Bakery Mentaiko Roll ★ 4.3
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0012, Japan
Full Full's mentaiko French roll at 280 yen has been a Hakata souvenir since 2002. A baguette split and stuffed with mentaiko-butter at Hakata Station.
Kasanoya Umegae Mochi ★ 4.6
hakata · Fukuoka 818-0117, Japan
Kasanoya's umegae mochi at 130 yen each is one of the cheapest day-trip food orders. Grilled-to-order plum-mark rice cakes filled with sweet red bean paste.
Yanagibashi Rengo Ichiba Lunch Counters ★ 4.5
hakata · Chuo-ku, Fukuoka 810-0003, Japan
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.
Hakata Gion Tetsunabe ★ 4.5
hakata · Hakata-ku, Fukuoka 812-0038, Japan
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.