15 splurge places in Fukuoka, editor-picked. Tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in Fukuoka. All Fukuoka food.
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Order Whatever Sakai-san shapes on the night, with the aged tuna midway through.
Daigo Sakai runs the most-decorated edomae sushi counter in Fukuoka. Three Michelin stars in the 2019 Kyushu special edition, after holding one star in 2014.
Order The seasonal multi-course kaiseki built around whatever the Genkai Sea morning catch delivered.
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.
Order The TENJIN course at 6,600 yen per person: appetisers, goma saba, mizutaki, zosui, dessert.
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.
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 ¥¥¥¥.
Order Mizutaki course with the zosui rice-porridge close. Add the yakitori starter platter.
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.
Order The 21-piece omakase course; the chef sets the pace and pairs sake if you ask.
Torikami opened in Daimyo Garden City from Tokyo Torishiki lineage. Strong-heat close-flame yakitori across 21 dishes, three minutes from Tenjin.
Order Omakase nigiri course; ask for the chef's a-la-carte add-ons at the close.
Shiro's Yakuin counter runs edomae sushi with a la carte alongside the omakase. Eight seats, intimate, chef sets the tempo across a small a la carte board.
Order Mizutaki TENJIN course at 6,600 yen per person.
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.
Order Yobuko squid ikizukuri at market price, followed by the goma saba.
Kawataro Nakasu runs Yobuko squid ikizukuri live from a tank, plus the Hakata goma-saba mackerel. River views, three floors of tatami rooms.
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Order Mizutaki course with the rice-porridge zosui finish.
Hanamidori at Hakata Station sits in JR Hakata City, within walking distance of the shinkansen gate. Same kitchen as Imaizumi flagship, faster turnover.
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.
Mako runs an omakase yakitori built around Kuro Satsuma chicken raised 120 days in Kagoshima. Tabelog Yakitori Top 100 in 2024. Eight counter seats.
Ippongi Ishibashi combines kaiseki with edomae sushi across a single course. Held a Michelin star in the 2019 Kyushu special edition. Counter only.
The original 1984 Yamanaka, a warehouse building in Ohashi where miso motsunabe was first codified. Hardest to reach of the three Yamanaka rooms; quietest.
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